West African International Summer School for Young Astronomers Completes Another Successful School

On October 28, undergraduate and graduate students from across Africa gathered…


South Africa’s HIRAX Telescope Driving Industry Engagements

The Hydrogen and Real-time Analysis eXperiment (HIRAX), led out of the…


AfAS Science Committee Develops A Science Strategy

The African Astronomical Society (AfAS) Science Committee has laid out a…


Joint media statement on the outcomes of the 6th SKA Africa Partner Countries Meeting

Senior officials and experts concluded the 6th Square Kilometre Array (SKA)…


IAU Renames Asteroid After Famous Egyptian Scientist

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) on Saturday, 21 September 2019,…


SKA Project Spurs Science And International Attention In South Africa

In early 2000, the South African Department of Science and Technology with the…


Giant-Sized Asteroid Orbits The Earth

An enormous sized asteroid, a near equivalent of the world's largest building,…


South Africa’s MeerKAT Discovers Giant Radio Bubbles At The Centre Of Milky Way

An international team of astronomers using the MeerKAT telescope, has…


South Africa’s MeerKAT Discovers Giant Radio Bubbles At The Centre Of Milky Way

An international team of astronomers using the MeerKAT telescope, has…


IAU Gives South Africa The Chance To Name A New Planet

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has assigned South Africa a planet…