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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
SALT contributes to the discovery of a bingeing white dwarf

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03 Dec, 2018
SALT chases hypervelocity stars

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19 Nov, 2018
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