First images from South African super radio telescope 'far better than expected'

Even operating at a quarter of its eventual capacity, South Africa’s MeerKat radio telescope showed off its phenomenal power on Saturday, revealing 1,300 galaxies in a tiny corner of the universe where only 70 were known before.

First images from South African super radio telescope 'far better than expected'

At only a quarter of its eventual capacity, the MeerKat telescope reveals 1,300 galaxies in a tiny corner of the universe where only 70 were known before

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