News
The latest IDIA updates, science highlights, software releases, student achievements, infrastructure news, events, and announcements.
31 March 2022
SEADS TaLK: Past, Present and Future Perspective of the African 21st Century Science and Technology
On April 8, 2022, we are glad to welcome Mr. Jonathan Freese from the…
22 March 2022
Astronomers reveal best image yet of mysterious ORCs in space
Astronomy’s newest mystery objects, odd radio circles or ORCs, have…
31 January 2022
New MeerKAT radio image reveals complex heart of the Milky Way
The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) has released…
17 January 2022
The unusual structure of the Spiderweb Galaxy
Galaxy formation and evolution is a fascinating topic. Astronomers…
9 December 2021
MeerKAT Discovers Mystery Clouds
An international team led by astronomers Gyula Józsa, Michelle…
11 November 2021
Large MeerKAT data release reveals beautiful new cosmic puzzles
An international team led by a young South African researcher has…
10 November 2021
AI Uptake: Panel Discussion on Collaborative Research
In the context of the 2021 Indaba X Roadshow, a panel discussion will…
12 October 2021
Exploring and interrogating astrophysical data in virtual reality
Scientists across all disciplines increasingly rely on machine…
12 October 2021
MIGHTEE releases Early Science results
Since the MeerKAT radio telescope was inaugurated in 2018, is has…
4 October 2021
Science Belongs To All Of Us – NSTF “Science Oscar” For Science Communicator Prof Carolina Ödman
By Nicklaus Kruger, UWC Institutional Advancement South Africa is a…
6 September 2021
Name a Megamaser!
Working in partnership with IDIA, astronomers involved in the LADUMA…
24 August 2021
New CARTA beta Release
CARTA forges ahead with a new beta release. As there is now a stable…
12 August 2021
New analysis of more than 2000 Galaxies with MeerKAT
Using early science data for the MIGHTEE project on the MeerKAT radio…
22 July 2021
New paper leads to a better understanding of radio telescopes
Radio telescopes are very complex instruments. Unlike telescopes…
6 July 2021
New group of galaxies discovered by the MIGHTEE team
When the science world decided to embark on the Square Kilometre…
1 July 2021
African Science Renaissance at UWC
Prof. Carolina Odman contributed a piece to celebrate Africa Science…
23 June 2021
CARTA nominated for a Prize
CARTA, the visualisation software that is developed by IDIA and…
23 June 2021
IDIA members elected to IAU Commissions
The International Astronomical Union recently held its elections for…
23 June 2021
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…
21 June 2021
IDIA Highlights Brochure – June 2021
We have put together a short IDIA Highlights Brochure for June 2021.…
11 June 2021
CARTA v2.0 released
The CARTA development team is excited to announce that CARTA v2.0 is…
7 June 2021
New paper: The Global Magneto-Ionic Medium Survey: A Faraday Depth Survey of the Northern Sky Covering 1280-1750 MHz
The Galactic interstellar medium hosts a significant magnetic field,…
27 May 2021
IDIA language project and more in uwc 360º Perspectives Magazine
In an issue packed with retrospectives and news from UWC’s 60th…
13 May 2021
New paper: HELP: The Herschel Extragalactic Legacy Project
The Herschel Extragalactic Legacy Project (HELP) collates, curates,…
























