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Introducing RAFIKI: Refining Active Galactic Nuclei Feedback in Kinetic Implementations

Recommended Citation Grayson, S., Scannapieco, E., Davé, R., Babul, A., & Hough, R. T. (2026). Introducing RAFIKI: Refining Active Galac...

Romeel Davé Romeel Davé

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A three-dimensional view of exploding stars

A supernova explosion marks the spectacular end in the life of a massive star.

Josefin Larsson Josefin Larsson

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Combining Supercomputer Simulations and MeerKAT Observations to Understand Galaxies Across Cosmic Time

For millennia humans have gazed into the sky and wondered where it all came from.

Romeel Davé Romeel Davé

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Probing the Universe with cosmic rays using high performance computing

Marius Potgieter. 2008. Probing the Universe with cosmic rays using high performance computing. South African Journal of Science, 104, pp. 4...

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The Early History of Astronomy at the Cape of Good Hope

The project involves the writing of a major monograph, commissioned by the Brenthurst Press in Johannesburg, on the history of astronomy and navigation at the Cape of Good Hope from the late fifteenth century until the middle of the nineteenth century - encompassing times when European expeditions came to the Cape to study the southern sky.

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