The telescope will be known as SALT – the Southern African Large Telescope. International and local partners and scientists, as well as other dignitaries attended the ceremony at the observatory ...

Meanwhile, in the arid desert Karoo region of Northern Cape, the South African Large Telescope (SALT) tracks galaxies and quasars. A springbok antelope walks by the Southern African Large ...

The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) will enable scientists to view stars and galaxies a billion times too faint to be visible to the naked eye -- about as luminous as a candle’s flame on ...

Five years after groundbreaking, the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) project has released its first color images, marking the achievement of 'first light' and the successful debut of ...

South Africa said it will add 133 dishes to its 64-dish MeerKAT radio telescope to create SKA-Mid ... working towards building a large, exploratory instrument that can serve our community and ...

It’s home to the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) and the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), the largest ...

In some galaxies, large amounts of interstellar gas ... However, a new generation of radio telescopes, including South Africa’s MeerKAT, have turned this idea on its head: in the past five ...

“The integration of astro-tourism with flagship astronomy projects like MeerKAT, South African Large Telescope (SALT), and now PRIME underscores the Department’s commitment to leveraging ...

“If you are road-tripping through the Northern Cape, a visit to the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) in Sutherland is an absolute must. Not only can visitors book a guided tour of the ...