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Astronomers inspect outburst of X-ray binary Swift J1858.6−0814

Astronomers have conducted a radio monitoring campaign of the outburst of a recently discovered X-ray binary known as Swift J1858.6−0814. They have used the MeerKAT radio telescope and the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager–Large Array (AMI-LA). The study shed more light into the nature of this...

Detailed images of a shock wave that extends for 6.5 million light years

Hamburg Observatory astronomers have made the most detailed images of the largest cosmic shock waves ever observed. The observations are based on data from the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa. The study has been published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. Galaxies are not evenly...