Mitologie en wetenskap vat hande
Die kunsprojek waarin inheemse mitologie en verhale oor die kosmos hande vat met die wetenskap, open vandeesweek in die Moederstad. Die internasionale Square Kilometre Array-projek...
Tag : SKA
World reaches for the stars in SA
by Sarah Wild
Scientists say the Northern Cape is the perfect place for radio astronomy, with its low rainfall and clear skies making it a “radio quiet” site....
What price a peek at the galaxy?
by Sarah Wild
Square Kilometre Array (SKA) scientists and engineers are at this moment trying to predict what the world will look like in 2020. More than 350...
Bernie Fanaroff searched the stars, but this reticent man remains unknown
by Sarah Wild
By the sounds of it, South Africa stumbled into bidding to host the largest radio telescope in the world. Everyone will tell you that the SKA...
Science Voices: Astrophysical jets in distant galaxy could teach us physics
by AdminBraai
In the dark and cold chasm of space, huge jets of charged particles erupt around a super-massive black hole, writes Arvind Ramessur, a MSc candidate at the...
Kaapse sterrekundige help gravitasiekolke vind
by Elsabé Brits
Sterrekundiges het drie supermassiewe gravitasiekolke binne-in een sterrestelsel 4 miljard ligjaar weg ontdek. Dit is uniek omdat daar gewoonlik net een gravitasiekolk in ’n sterrestelsel is....
South Africa to help confirm ground-breaking ‘cosmic inflation’ finding
Episode 10 of The Science Inside examined South Africa's leading role in space science. We went back in time, to just after the big bang,...
Star-gazers count their lucky stars
A researcher from the University of the Western Cape is part of an international team that has spotted two galaxies merging into one, a rare...
Bacon makes the dish
by Anina Mumm
A satellite dish, that is. “You can appreciate the difference between ‘involved’ and ‘committed’ every time you have eggs & bacon for breakfast: the chicken...
The sounds of time
by Anina Mumm
Humans have always had stars in their eyes. Since we began recording history, and probably before that, the stars and planets have been shaping our...