This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Ian Glass, Associate Research Astronomer, South ...

South African astronomy started an important journey two decades ago, when an initiative to attract and train future scientists in the field welcomed its first group of students under the National ...

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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 ...

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...

A leap into deep space Francouis Pretorius The Africa Millimetre Telescope (AMT) is set to position Namibia at the forefront of astronomical research, particularly in the study of black holes and high ...

One South African accomplished a milestone that made him go down in his history. Motheo Koitsiwe became the first African man to receive a Ph.D. in African indigenous astronomy from North-West ...

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 ...

Science Engagement Astronomer, South African Astronomical Observatory, South African Astronomical Observatory Recent decades have seen remarkable growth in astronomy on the African continent. Africa ...

TEAM-UP Together proudly announces the launch of a game-changing multimillion-dollar scholarship program focused on rolling back underrepresentation of African American students in physics and ...

A multimillion-dollar scholarship program focused on tackling the under-representation of African American students in physics and astronomy over the next five years has been unveiled. The TEAM-UP ...

Patricia Ann Whitelock receives research funding from the National Research Foundation and the University of Cape Town.. Daniel Cunnama receives funding from the National Research Foundation. He works ...