South Africa:   A Giant Leap for Astronomy, Another Giant Leap for South Africa

Daily Maverick, 16 November 2016

Earlier this year, an international team of astronomers that included two South Africans managed to explore behind thick clouds of dust particles in the Milky Way that had… Read more »

South Africa:   Nearly 1,000 Hidden Galaxies Mapped Behind the Milky Way - and SA Helped Find Them

Daily Maverick, 11 February 2016

In a project that has taken decades, an international team of scientists that includes an astronomy researcher from UCT and another from the South African Astronomical Observatory… Read more »