The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory is training star guides to transform the Karoo’s night skies into economic ...

Astronomers using a powerful radio telescope in South Africa have discovered an extraordinary cosmic signal coming from more than 8 billion light-years away. The signal comes from a rare object known ...

In a collaboration with babycare brand Pura, Chester Zoo has been updating its facilities to make family visits with young children more comfortable.

Lane played the meerkat Timon in the 1994 Disney hit, which went on to become the highest-grossing movie of 1994 at the ...

After years of investments, African telescopes are emerging as global leaders in frontier astronomy. From South Africa’s MeerKAT capturing the universe’s most distant gigamaser to Ghana’s radio ...

Astronomers from UCT have uncovered the true scale of one of the largest hidden structures in the nearby Universe.

Latest Breaking News About Space Discoveries Astronomers Spot Cosmic Laser Halfway Across the Universe Here’s something wild: ...

While keepers aren’t supposed to play favourites, Lowe admitted baby meerkats rank highly among the zoo’s more exciting arrivals. “Baby meerkats are definitely up there in t ...

Meerkat is our Pet of the Day on March 9! She is a 1-year-old Pit Bull mix. She is a snuggly pup who loves to be close to her people.

Astronomers using the MeerKAT telescope discovered a hydroxyl megamaser in a galactic merger 8 billion light-years away, amplified by gravitational lensing and operating at radio wavelengths.

In a discovery that astronomers are calling a “truly extraordinary” find, a powerful "space laser" mega-beam has been ...