Rising Star offers the viewer an engaging and fully immersive 360-degree or fulldome glimpse into the world of South African…
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First ever African Women in Astronomy Award winners announced Cape Town – 2 March 2022 Two exceptional women in science…
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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…
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Continue ReadingCall for Nominations to AfAS Executive Committee for the period 1st April 2022 – 31st March 2025
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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…
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