Minister Of Tourism Keen For Greater Focus On Astro-Tourism, Especially In The Western Cape
With the aim of elevating South Africa’s status on the global tourism stage, Minister of Tourism Patricia de Lille has unveiled an exciting new focus: astro-tourism.
The Karoo Telescope That’s Transformed Our Understanding Of The Cosmos
As South Africa’s largest scientific infrastructure project of the last 30 years since democracy, MeerKAT has become a beacon of space innovation and opportunity on the African continent.
This Stellar Attachable Telescope Allows Anyone With A Smartphone To Partake In Astrophotography
Have you ever looked at the wonders of the James Webb Space Telescope and thought, ‘I wish I could do that’?
NASA Drops Awesome Image Of Star Nursery In Celebration Of JWST’s First Year Of Science
“Our own Sun experienced a phase like this long ago, and now we have the technology to see the beginning of another’s star’s story.”
James Webb Space Telescope Nails The Phantom Galaxy
The remarkable gold-plated, infrared eyes have been capturing far-flung galaxies as well as shedding light on a bevvy of scientific questions and concerns.
It’s Impossible Not To Feel Tiny While Zooming In On The Cartwheel Galaxy [Video]
While seeing the Cartwheel Galaxy in such clear light is impressive, a new video released by the European Space Agency shows just how incredibly far away it actually is.
James Webb Space Telescope Sheds New Light On Incredible Cartwheel Galaxy [Images]
JWST has peered into deep space again with its infrared gaze and discovered the “stellar gymnastics in The Cartwheel Galaxy”.
Power Of The James Webb Space Telescope Summed Up In A Single GIF
The JWST views light in the infrared spectrum – on Earth, we can feel infrared light as heat – which allows the instrument to see far, far more of the universe.
Astronomers Pinpoint Incredible Discoveries Via James Webb Space Telescope [Images]
Sifting through the public James Webb Space Telescope datasets, stargazers across the planet have been hard at work.
Latest Round Of Incredible Images From James Webb Space Telescope
The first image was shown to the world on Monday, but little did we know that NASA would be releasing other amazing photos from the first batch throughout yesterday.
Here It Is: First Image From $10 Billion James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope shows us a version of the universe that is chock-a-block with galaxies, some ranging back to an unimaginable time.
Chinese Scientists Reckon They Might Have Found A Sign Of Extraterrestrial Life
China’s massive ‘Sky Eye’ FAST telescope, the world’s largest alien-hunting radio telescope, seems to have picked up a strange signal which could suggest that there is indeed life beyond Earth.
What An Exploding Star Look Like Through NASA’s “X-Ray Eyes” [Images]
The images give us a glimpse of the famous remnant of the supernova Cassiopeia A that exploded in the 17th century, 11 000 light-years away from Earth.
Astronomers Are Frothing Over SA’s MeerKAT Telescope Images
We may never know exactly what’s cracking up there in the great beyond, but thanks to the MeerKAT telescope we are a little closer to finding out.
A South African Telescope Just Discovered 20 New Galaxies
South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope has been hard at work uncovering a large galaxy group, which is likely the most neutral hydrogen gas-rich group ever discovered.
African Telescope Could Uncover Secrets Of Black Holes [Video]
To expand our knowledge of black holes, a network of AMT telescopes are being set up around the world, including one in Africa.
Proof Of The Black Hole In The Centre Of Our Galaxy
Scientists have uncovered evidence of a black hole at the centre of our galaxy. They’ve also managed snap a pic of it using the Very Large Telescope.
Space Peeps Freak Out At First Pics From SA’s ‘World Leading Telescope’
Up in the Northern Cape there’s a massive telescope project being built, and it just released some epic photographs of the universe.
China Is Playing “A Key Role” In The Hunt For Aliens
China is really good at one thing: Uprooting people to make way for their extravagant investments. Let’s just hope they will find the aliens, though.