Astronomy at UCT
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HOT from the press! Astronomers from an international team including some from our department reveal cosmic ribbon around .rare galaxy using the @Big_IDIA VR software #vr #astronomy @astronomy2024 @UCT_news @UCT_Research @UCTscience.
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RT @SAAO: Huge congratulations to SAAO/UCT PhD Student, Munira Hoosain, who was recently awarded the DSI-Ndoni Mcunu Fellowship in the Doct….
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RT @astrobites: In eight new papers, @NANOGrav presents evidence for a gravitational wave background. In this bite, we provide an overview….
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RT @AstroKatie: The news is out! The @NANOGrav pulsar timing array collaboration has detected a background of cosmic gravitational waves ri….
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RT @InPTA_GW: Let this be heard loud and clear! .Today's GW result stem from tireless efforts of countless people associated with the IPTA….
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Signs of Gravitational Wave detected!.
We see early signs of a Gravitational Wave background in our combined dataset with @EPTAGW. These results corroborate with those from @NANOGrav and PPTA @CSIRO_ATNF @ARC_OzGRav .Read along in this thread to know this discovery was made and it's consequences!
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RT @APT_GW: MeerKAT is a science-eager 64-dish radio telescope in the heart of the South African Karoo. This world operates at maser-coordi….
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Congratulations for this amazing discoveries to all the team involved!.
Love this fantastic animation to go with today's announcement of increased hints of nanoHz GWs!.Well done to all involved @IPTA_GW @ARC_OzGRav @InPTA_GW @NANOGrav @EPTAGW.
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RT @Luci_aMarchetti: Busy visualisation demo session at lunch today at #phiscc23! .@UCT_news @Big_IDIA @SKA_Africa .#idiavislab
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This week we are hosting #phiscc23 the SKA Pathfinder HI Survey Coordination Committee conference! During the week there will be talks and exciting visualisation demos by the IDIA Visualisation Lab #IDIAvislab.To know more have a look to the program here:
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RT @astronomy2024: At the SKAO Construction Commencement Ceremony SKA Mid-Event held at the CTICC yesterday. Celebrating great strides in….
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RT @SKAO: After 1.5 years of global procurement and construction activities around the world, today we enter a new era by officially markin….
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Advanced space weather centre for Africa to be launched in Hermanus
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Congratulations to our PhD student @malebo_moloko for being one of the three recipient of the prestigious AfAS 2022 Seed Research Grant award!#WomenInScience #UCT #Astronomy @UCTpostgrads @AfricaAstronomy
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“A Journey to the observable UNIVERSE along UNIVERSity avenue”. This practical on distances was held on August 3 for the introductory astronomy course. 1st-year students had the opportunity to experience distances in the solar system and beyond by walking along University Avenue.
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Many UCT astronomy affiliates are contributing to the #IAUGA2022 happening in Busan, South Korea, till August 11th. Indeed we all look forward to host the next @IAU_org GA in Cape Town in 2024! @AfricaAstronomy.
Busan we’re here! We look forward to rubbing shoulders with the astronomy community and showcasing what South African astronomy is contributing towards the industry. Come visit us at stands 28,29,30 at XXXI IAU General Assembly. #astronomy2024
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And so here they are… the first images (and spectrum) captured by #JWST All the images and explanations are available here: Enjoy! #UnfoldTheUniverse.
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sneak a peek … #JWST.
👀 Sneak a peek at the deepest & sharpest infrared image of the early universe ever taken — all in a day’s work for the Webb telescope. (Literally, capturing it took less than a day!) This is Webb’s first image released as we begin to #UnfoldTheUniverse:
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📢Several MSc and PhD bursary opportunities for 2023 are now available in our Department📢.The deadline for application is July, 8th, 2022! Have a look and follow the instructions on our website: @SKA_Africa @NRF_News @AfricaAstronomy.
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