South Africa's Department of Science and Technology has received R150 million (US$13.4m) from Germany's Max Planck Society and the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy to install radio receivers for the MeerKAT project.
The funding, announced on 2 December, will also be used to research pulsars, which are rapidly rotating neutron stars that emit regular radio waves, the SKA Africa said in a statement.
South Africa’s science minister, Naledi Pandor, said: “Thanks to our partnership with Max Planck, the MeerKAT’s ability to perform transformational science for the benefit of global knowledge production will be considerably boosted.”
This article on Research Professional News is only available to Research Professional or Pivot-RP users.
Research Professional users can log in and view the article via this link
Pivot-RP users can log in and view the article via this link.