Jo’burg planetarium celebrates

The Johannesburg Planetarium, owned and operated by the University of the Witwatersrand, is celebrating its golden jubilee this year.

Bright light over Johannesburg: Meteor or prawns?

The "greenish, bluish" light over Johannesburg on Saturday night was almost certainly a meteor, an astronomer said on Sunday.

Early birds will catch total eclipse of the moon

South Africans will be able to see a total eclipse of the moon just before sunrise on Thursday. "South Africans out [very] early on Thursday morning are in for a treat -- an eclipsed Moon with Saturn over in the west, and a line of three planets over in the east above the rising sun," said Claire Flanagan, Planetarium director.

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