The diameter of the Milky Way is a billion billion kilometres.
- Post-doctoral researcher in Astrophysics, University of the Western Cape
A black hole is an object with such a strong gravitational pull that nothing, not even light, can escape from it.
A precursor to the Square Kilometre Array- the MeerKAT telescope - is being built right now and remarkable progress has been made in the last 12 months.
It’s difficult to get jets - powerful, lightning fast particles - to give up their secrets. The new Square Kilometre Array radio telescope could hold the key to solving jets’ mysteries.
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