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…
Continue ReadingRegister Now! Forum on Astronomy in Africa & GA2024
Dear colleagues, We are very excited to announce opening of registration for the Forum on Astronomy in Africa, 27 – 29 October 2021.…
Continue ReadingAfAS Newsletter July 2021
Covered in this issue: AfAS2021: Inaugural Conference of the African Astronomical Society The 6th East African Astronomical Society Workshop (EAASW) Memorandum…
Continue ReadingCall for 2021 International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) Award Nominations
The International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) has issued a call for 2021 nominations to recognise deserving dark sky advocates for their…
Continue ReadingPassing of Prof. Habatwa Mweene
We recently learned, with great sadness, that Prof Habatwa Mweene passed away. He succumbed to COVID-19 on 21 June 2021.…
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