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What is the Square Kilometre Array (SKA)? The SKA will be the world’s largest radio telescope when it comes online in the coming decade. It will consist of thousands of dishes and antennas spread out ...

Papers from the Ghana Eclipse Conference held March 27-31, 2006 in Cape Coast, Ghana. Chasing the shadow of the moon: The 2006 Ghana Eclipse Conference / Jarita C. Holbrook -- The use of ethnographic ...

The discovery of 49 new galaxies in a few hours, announced earlier this year, was the latest testament to the value of South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope. Six years after its inauguration, it is finally ...

Charles Takalana of the African Astronomical Society to discuss the evolution of astronomy across the continent. Charles Takalana, head of secretariat at the African Astronomical Society. “My interest ...

On 16 April in Cape Town, the South African Minister of Science and Technology, Mrs. Naledi Pandor, launched the IAU Global Office of Astronomy for Development at the headquarters of the South African ...

Africa’s space sector is rapidly evolving from scattered national efforts to a connected, data-driven ecosystem, with SKA/MeerKAT and AfSA shaping shared standards, skills, and services across the ...

Thanks to new sophisticated techniques and state-of-the-art facilities, astronomy has entered a new era in which the depth of the sky can finally be accessed. The ingredients of our cosmic home, the ...

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South Africa's SKA telescope is among world's most powerful Scientists want astronomy-linked conditions on license agreement with Starlink Musk has already criticised local shareholding laws CAPE TOWN ...