Astronomers Hear the Faint Whispers of Cosmic Hydrogen from the Distant Past

The MeerKAT radio telescope, composed of 64 dish antennas located in South Africa’s Northern Cape province, was built to study cosmic hydrogen, galaxy formation and evolution, and transient radio sources. As the precursor to the planned Square Kilometer Array telescope, its scientific goal is to map the radio sky in preparation for more ambitious campaigns […] The post Astronomers Hear the Faint Whispers of Cosmic Hydrogen from the Distant Past appeared first on Knowridge Science Report .