Title:
South Africa’s Meerkat Satellite Captures an Image that Helps Solve the Mystery of ‘X Galaxies’
Published:
Firstpost [Tech2], 9 May 2020
From the article:
"It was known that some galaxies emit X-shaped radio waves from black holes. But the reason remained a mystery till South African satellite MeerKAT captured high-quality imaging of a galaxy called PKS 2014-55.
Now, a team of astronomers from South Africa and the US have cracked the puzzle using clear images sent by MeerKAT from the galaxy 800 million light-years away."
Observations by:
The observations were carried out by a team from South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), the (US) National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), the University of Pretoria and Rhodes University.
To read this article:
https://www.firstpost.com/tech/science/south-africas-meerkat-satellite-captures-an-image-that-helps-solve-the-mystery-of-x-galaxies-8347561.html