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Smart devices will need to get a lot smarter in coming years to overcome the challenges of communicating over millions of miles in space, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise executive said

Job: Radio Astronomy Correlator Project Manager - National Research Council Penticton, Canada

The number of active satellites in the night sky has more than doubled since 2019 – from around 2,200 to 5,000. That is mostly due to Starlink, a SpaceX project aimed at providing internet anywhere in the world through mega-constellations of sa

SpaceX alone launched nearly 150 of its expanding fleet of Starlink telecommunications satellites in the past month.

Researchers using one of the world's largest arrays of radio telescope have found thousands of mysterious strand-like structures while looking into the center of the Milky Way. These [...]

Discovery of strange ‘collapsed star’ reveals the exciting potential of SA’s Square Kilometre Array

As Africa’s space ambitions grow, South Africa and Egypt are primed to join the club of space-faring nations thanks to increased investments in exploration projects.

While mapping the universe for radio waves, researchers discovered a rare entity that discharges a massive burst of energy three times per hour, and it is unlike anything astronomers have ever observed.

China is sharing its Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) - Eye of Heaven - with the world by allocating10 percent of its observation hours for projects run by foreign astronomers, and the percentage will definitely increase in the coming years, said FAST chief scientist.

The SKA's construction is expected to yield socio-economic benefits for South Africa such as job creation and skills development.