Scientists are predicting an astronomy renaissance on the African continent in coming years, thanks in part to a giant radio telescope array being built there. But the road to cosmic cachet is not ...

We have begun development in our African partner countries by refurbishing unused telecommunications dishes for single-dish radio astronomy and to start work on an African very-long-baseline ...

The African Astronomical Society (AfAS) debuted at the Second Middle East-Africa Regional IAU Meeting on 14 April – just three years after the society was first proposed.

The transformative work of Keitumetse Molamu and her team at the NRF-SARAO, where advancements in radio astronomy are ...

South African astronomy has a long, rich history of discovery — and a promising future News By Ian Glass published January 24, 2021 ...

The astronomical community has thrived and world-class astronomical facilities have been established in South Africa.

Analysis - 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 ...

Professional society the African Astronomical Society (AfAS) will host its second yearly scientific conference and general assembly in Cape Town, on March 14, with the aim of intensifying the ...

Analysis - The South African Astronomical Observatory in Cape Town is the oldest permanent observatory in the southern hemisphere: it turned 200 in 2020.

While African American physics and astronomy students have the same drive, motivation, intellect and capability as students of other races and ethnicities, the task force found many students are ...