First ever African Women in Astronomy Award winners announced Cape Town – 2 March 2022 Two exceptional women in science…
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Message about the Scientific Community in Ukraine
28 Feb 2022 The European Astronomical Society (EAS), the International Astronomical Union (IAU), the American Astronomical Society (AAS), and the African Astronomical Society (AfAS) have…
Continue ReadingEuropean Union-African Union Summit, Science and Innovation side events
14 – 18 February 2022 AfAS-EAS special session The African Astronomical Society (AfAS) and European Astronomical Society (EAS) are pleased…
Continue ReadingOne Year Gone… another one Ahead
AfAS Message for the New Year 2022 Jamal Mimouni, President It is one more year for Africa to say farewell…
Continue ReadingCall for Nominations to AfAS Executive Committee for the period 1st April 2022 – 31st March 2025
This notice is a call for nominations from the Astronomy Community of Africa for the election of Executive Committee Members…
Continue ReadingNamibia to host first radio telescope in Africa that can detect millimetre wavelength radiation
2 days ago (https://forumonline.unam.edu.na/namibia-to-host-first-radio-telescope-in-africa-that-can-detect-millimetre-wavelength-radiation/) John Haufiku The Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope (SEST) reflects starlight from the sky above La Silla, ESO’s original observatory. Though now decommissioned, SEST…
Continue ReadingUN General Assembly Proclaims International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development in 2022
The International Astronomical Union is one of several scientific unions and institutions who will coordinate the International Year of Basic…
Continue ReadingScience Forum South Africa (SFSA-2021) 1 – 3 December 2021: AfAS-IAU-OAD session on “Advancing Africa’s Astronomy Agenda” (2 December 2021, 15:30 – 17:30 CAT/CEST)
The Department of Science and Innovation’s (DSI) seventh annual Science Forum South Africa (SFSA-2021) will be held from December 1 to…
Continue ReadingCall for nominations for the 2021 Women in Astronomy in Africa Awards
The African Network of Women in Astronomy (AfNWA), a sub-committee of the African Astronomical Society, in collaboration with the International…
Continue ReadingElection of members of the African Astronomy Community to serve on IAU structures
Cape Town, South Africa – (August 27, 2021) The African Astronomical Society (AfAS), is excited to congratulate Dr. Solomon Belay…
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