Podcaster: Dr Jacinta Delhaize and Dr Daniel Cunnama ; Guest: Prof Patrick Woudt
Title: The Cosmic Savannah Ep. 23: ThunderKAT
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In Episode 23 of The Cosmic Savannah podcast, we are joined by the Head of Astronomy at the University of Cape Town, Professor Patrick Woudt.
Prof Woudt joins us to talk about an exciting project he is involved in using the MeerKAT radio telescope, namely ThunderKAT (The HUNt for Dynamic and Explosive Radio transients with meerKAT). ThunderKAT is looking for explosive things that flash in the radio sky!
The project has recently observed a black hole ejecting material at close to the speed of light out to some of the largest angular distances (separations) ever seen. These observations have allowed a deeper understanding of how black holes feed into their environment
Bio: Dr Jacinta Delhaize and Dr Daniel Cunnama are astronomers based in Cape Town, South Africa. Jacinta is a Research Fellow at the University of Cape Town. She spends her time using huge radio telescopes to study gas and black holes in distant galaxies. Daniel is the Science Engagement Astronomer at the South African Astronomical Observatory. He likes to use large supercomputers to create simulations of galaxies. Both Jacinta and Daniel love to promote the incredible astronomy happening across the African continent.
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