Weekly Round-Up Of Space And Astronomy Opportunities For Africans
Our Friday weekly round-up curates opportunities that are still open for application. The Opportunities portal aggregates job vacancies, internships, scholarships, calls for abstracts, fellowships, contests, exchange programmes and other opportunities that are available to Africans who are interested in space and astronomy.
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South Africa’s MeerKAT Peers Deep Into The Universe
Look at this new radio image covered with dots, each of which is a distant galaxy! The brightest spots are galaxies that are powered by supermassive black holes and shine bright in radio light. But what makes this image special are the numerous faint dots filling the sky. These are distant galaxies like our own that have never been observed in radio light before.
To learn about the…
Getting Ready for IAC 2019? See This Overview Of The Programme Of Events
The International Astronautical Congress (IAC) is the world’s largest gathering of space professionals. It is that one time of the year when all space actors come together from around the world. Global, multidisciplinary and covering all space sectors and topics, it offers everyone access to the latest space information and developments, but more importantly, it provides an opportunity for…
Getting Ready for IAC 2019? See This Overview Of The Programme Of Events
The International Astronautical Congress (IAC) is the world’s largest gathering of space professionals. It is that one time of the year when all space actors come together from around the world. Global, multidisciplinary and covering all space sectors and topics, it offers everyone access to the latest space information and developments, but more importantly, it provides an opportunity for…
Call For Applications For The SAAO Prize Ph.D Scholarship
The South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) invites applications for the SAAO Prize PhD Scholarship from brilliant students who wish to pursue PhD studies in optical or multi-wavelength astrophysics. Applicants must be South Africans or citizens of other African countries who have, or are studying towards, an MSc degree in physics, astrophysics, or a closely related area, and must be ready…
Call For Applications For The SAAO Prize Ph.D Scholarship
The South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) invites applications for the SAAO Prize PhD Scholarship from brilliant students who wish to pursue PhD studies in optical or multi-wavelength astrophysics. Applicants must be South Africans or citizens of other African countries who have, or are studying towards, an MSc degree in physics, astrophysics, or a closely related area, and must be ready…
Participate in SA-GAMMA Logo Design Competition
The South African Gamma-Ray Astronomy Programme (SA-GAMMA) is a consortium of South African Universities and research institutions which engage in research in the fields of gamma-ray astronomy and high-energy astrophysics. As a central aspect of this mission, it coordinates the South African involvement in the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.), the world's leading ground-based…
Africa pays tribute to the legacy of Prof. Michael Feast
Prof. Michael William Feast was an honorary professor in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Cape Town from 1992, and he was awarded a DSc (honoris causa) by UCT in 1993. He was a former director of the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO), a founding member of the Academy of Science of South Africa, a member of the International Astronomical Union, an honorary fellow of the…
Astronomical Observatories in Africa
Astronomical observatory, any structure containing telescopes and auxiliary instruments with which to observe celestial objects. Observatories can be classified on the basis of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum in which they are designed to observe. This data is from the African Astronomical Society. Below is a list of telescope across Africa
OPTICAL TELESCOPE
SALT
The Southern African…
MeerLicht: SA’s newest optical telescope
For the past decade, astronomers have grappled with the mystery of fast radio bursts, fleeting blasts of intense cosmic energy lasting just a few milliseconds that come from unknown sources billions of light years away.
The hunt for the origins of these perplexing phenomena will soon be aided by a unique experiment unfolding in the remote reaches of the Northern Cape: the MeerLicht, a new…