Jacinta takes us on a tour of her homeland, into the Australian bush, and chats about pathfinders, precursors and the exciting collaborations between South Africa and Australia!
Mar 23rd: A Trip Down Under
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Dec 13th: The Slow-Spinning Star Mystery
An enigmatic cosmic entity has been consistently beaming radio waves to Earth every 22 minutes for over three decades, perplexing the scientific community. Identified as GPM J1839−10, this celestial body is believed to be a fading star emitting energy from its poles. More on today’s podcast with SETI
Apr 22nd: The Search For Hidden Hydrogen
In this episode we are joined first by Dr. Tariq Blecher and then by Shilpa Ranchod who talk to us about the clever ways they are trying to capture the elusive signals of hydrogen gas in the distant Universe.
Dec 24th: Erupting Novae
This month @cosmicsavannah discuss about how novae eruptions occur and what we can learn from them with Dr. Miriam Nyamai who studies thermonuclear eruptions on the surface of white dwarf stars!
May 28th: The MeerKAT Fornax Survey
In this episode, Cosmic Savannah discuss about Fornax Survey using the MeerKAT radio telescope with Dr Paolo Serra.
Apr 23rd: Cosmic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Our podcaster Jacinta has been part of the discovery of two largest radio galaxies using South Africa’s powerful MeerKAT telescope. More about it at #365DaysOfAstro
Oct 23rd: Beyond the Zone of Avoidance
Today Cosmic Savannah talk with Sambatriniaina Rajohnson about her work on large scale structure of the universe and her plan to observe these structure in Vela supercluster region using MeerKAT.
Nov 28th: Milky Way Blowing Bubbles!
This week @cosmicsavannah discussed with Dr. Fernando Camilo about MeerKAT and the incredible science it is doing especially about discovery of enormous balloon-like structures that tower hundreds of light-years above and below the centre of our galaxy.
May 29th: All the News That’s Fit to Podcast!
All the News That’s Fit to Podcast! Want to know more? We have Toilets in Space on the news and MeerKAT solving X Galaxy.. and more. You can listen to it at #365daysOfAstro
Feb 29th: Modeling Meerkats!
The challenging interface between theory and observations & some game viewing in the incredible 2 million hectare Kruger National Park!