Flare of Radio Emission From a Binary Star in Our Galaxy Detected by MeerKAT – Scitech Daily

A night view of a MeerKAT antenna. Credit: The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO)

Caught in the Act: MeerKAT Telescope Spies Stellar Flare

Scientists using the MeerKAT radio telescope have discovered a unique and previously-unseen flare of radio emission from a binary star in our galaxy.

The MeerKAT radio telescope in the Northern Cape of South Africa has discovered an object which rapidly brightened by more than a factor of three over a period of three weeks. This is the first new transient source discovered with MeerKAT and scientists hope it is the tip of an iceberg of…