The Kimberley Prospector

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Northern Cape telescope peers billions of years into the past, revealing rare cosmic glow

Northern Cape telescope peers billions of years into the past, revealing rare cosmic glow

South African scientists using the MeerKAT radio telescope based in the Northern Cape have discovered the most distant ultra-steep-spectrum radio halo ever detected, revealing a rare cosmic glow from a massive galaxy cluster nearly seven billion light-years away. Read more: Northern Cape telescope peers billions of years into the past, revealing rare cosmic glow

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