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Africa: International Radio Astronomy Project to Benefit Afr...

Cape Town — Africa's bid to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio astronomy project could be a powerful driver for socio-economic development, South Africa's Minister for Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor, said thi [...]

Posted On : Apr, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

Africa pitches new promised land for astronomers

Africa, the birthplace of the human species, has long been a magnet for archaeologists. Now South Africa wants to draw leading astrophysicists to the continent as well with the world’s most powerful radio telescope, the Square Kilom [...]

Posted On : Dec, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Astronomy in South Africa: The long shot

The 90-kilometre drive starts in the sheep-ranching town of Carnarvon in western South Africa, and runs northwest through the semi-desert plains of the Karoo, where the only sign of human settlement is an occasional sheep farm. But as the [...]