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SALT contributes to a new understanding of novae

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14 Apr, 2020

Planetary nebula WR 72 has hydrogen-poor knots, study finds

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17 Jan, 2020

MeerKAT and SALT combine to solve mystery stellar event

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20 Nov, 2019

A very rare event worth observing: Mercury passing across the face of the Sun

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07 Nov, 2019

SALT observes super fast spirals!

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17 Oct, 2019

SAAO and MeerKAT combine to confirm the detection of a flaring black hole

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11 Sep, 2019

Repeating outflows of hot wind found close to a galactic black hole

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06 Aug, 2019

SAAO 1.0m Telescope pivotal in the discovery of a ‘Forbidden’ Planet in the ‘Neptunian Desert’

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29 May, 2019

An artist’s impression of a kilonova, the result of two colliding and merging neutron stars, which was the source of the first gravitational wave event (GW170817) for which an electromagmetic counterpart was detected at different wavelengths (picture credit: Robin Dienel; Carnegie Institution for Science).

Observing the fast and the furious: SAAO observes the first optical counterpart of a Gravitational Wave source

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22 Jan, 2019

SALT plays key role in the global hunt for Dark Energy

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10 Dec, 2018