9 mins read 03 Dec 2024 The MeerKAT Pulsar Timing Array (MPTA) has detected the gravitational wave background within just 4.5 years, using South Africa's sensitive telescope. Lead author Dr. Matt Miles shares insights into this groundbreaking discovery. Credit: Carl Knox, OzGrav/Swinburne University of Technology and South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO). An exciting suite of new scientific results have been published today, with early career researchers in radio astronomy from Austr...