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Astronomers reveal best image yet of mysterious ORCs in space

Astronomy’s newest mystery objects, odd radio circles or ORCs, have…

The unusual structure of the Spiderweb Galaxy

Galaxy formation and evolution is a fascinating topic. Astronomers…

MeerKAT Discovers Mystery Clouds

An international team led by astronomers Gyula Józsa, Michelle…

Large MeerKAT data release reveals beautiful new cosmic puzzles

An international team led by a young South African researcher has…

MIGHTEE releases Early Science results

Since the MeerKAT radio telescope was inaugurated in 2018, is has…

Name a Megamaser!

Working in partnership with IDIA, astronomers involved in the LADUMA…

New CARTA beta Release

CARTA forges ahead with a new beta release. As there is now a stable…

African Science Renaissance at UWC

Prof. Carolina Odman contributed a piece to celebrate Africa Science…

CARTA nominated for a Prize

CARTA, the visualisation software that is developed by IDIA and…

IDIA members elected to IAU Commissions

The International Astronomical Union recently held its elections for…

New X-ray map reveals the growing supermassive black holes in next-generation survey fields

One of the largest X-ray surveys using the European Space Agency’s…

IDIA Highlights Brochure – June 2021

We have put together a short IDIA Highlights Brochure for June 2021.…

CARTA v2.0 released

The CARTA development team is excited to announce that CARTA v2.0 is…

New paper: HELP: The Herschel Extragalactic Legacy Project

The Herschel Extragalactic Legacy Project (HELP) collates, curates,…

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