The SARAO Electronics team packed their gear and hit the road on Saturday, 3 October 2026 to join the SANSA Space Science ...

The third SARAO Open Day for 2026 was attended by members of all ages and from different parts of the country, on Wednesday, 30 September 2026. Hosted by the SARAO Communication and Stakeholder ...

The 2026 Big Data Africa School started on Monday, 5 October 2026, in Cape Town, marking the 6th edition of the popular ...

Record breaker dates back to just 3 billion years after the big bang. In research published today in the journal Science, ...

The SARAO Innovation Management office hosted the inaugural South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) Innovation Awards ...

Astronomers have found the first convincing “microblazar” in our Galaxy — a star with a black hole orbiting around it, firing a beam of near-light-speed matter almost straight towards Earth. Its ...

A South African–UK team traces neutral hydrogen gas across billions of light-years, a key step towards mapping the large-scale structure of the Universe. CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA — An international ...

Astronomers may have just confirmed one of the most bizarre aspects of quantum physics: that seemingly empty space can alter the behaviour of light. This phenomenon, called ‘vacuum birefringence’, was ...

The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), a facility of the National Research Foundation, is responsible for managing all radio astronomy initiatives and facilities in South Africa, ...

Students proudly showing off the completed TART telescope. Image: Max Scheel © 2026 licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 The worldwide map of Transient Array Radio Telescopes ...

SARAO is celebrating 10 years of human capacity development in Big Data and Data Science. Since 2015, the Big Data Africa programme has provided training to young Africans based at universities in ...

Should you have any questions regarding the call, please contact: study.research@sarao.ac.za ...