Multimillion-rand South African telescope to investigate mysterious dark energy

A new multimillion radio telescope will be launched on Friday to probe the deep mysteries of radio bursts and dark energy. The instrument, dubbed HIRAX for the Hydrogen Intensity and Real Time Analysis eXperiment, will have its nucleus of 1 024 6 m dishes in Carnarvon in the Northern Cape province, at the site of the MeerKAT radio telescope array. One of the key research areas of the HIRAX is the investigation of mysterious dark energy, which is theorised to provide the energy for accelerated ...