Advancing Knowledge NPC’s professional development sessions for natural sciences teachers concluded their 2025 delivery in the Overberg Education District of the Western Cape Education Department. A total of 25 Intersen (grades 4-7) teachers braved the bad weather on the weekend of August 1, 2025, to attend the SACE-endorsed course, Inquiry-Based Science Education. The course, which […]
The dome has over the years projected significant historical events, including screening footage of the Apollo 11
It is hoped the MeerKAT telescope will lead to more discoveries on the evolution of galaxies
A scientific paper made a splash this week by claiming that a cigar-shaped rock zooming through our solar system may have been sent by aliens
Astronomy is accessible to anyone with a view of the sky
The humble honeybee is catching up to humans in the arithmetic game, but there is quite literally nothing to worry about
The MeerLicht telescope will scour the skies to study transient celestial events. But its link to the MeerKAT radio telescope is what sets it apart.
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.
Science’s "hottest" TV presenter, Brian Cox, makes a good argument for life elsewhere in the universe.
The discovery of Abell 2744_Y1, a galaxy about 30 times smaller than the Milky Way, dates back to 650-million years after the birth of the universe.
The Square Kilometre Array, the biggest scientific endeavour in the world, is under construction in SA. We went to see the ground-breaking project.
Far-flung lowtech satellite dishes have been bringing the continent up to astronomical speed.
Ancient inscriptions on the walls of a looted house in the Guatemalan jungle are the oldest astronomical charts known from the Mayan civilisation.
The physical laws of the universe contain lessons for teachers’ progress through life, according to an award-winning astronomer.
Astronomers have spotted an exotic planet that seems to be made of diamond racing around a tiny star in our galactic backyard.
Will heavy-handed bureaucracy or best scientific practice win the day, asks <b>Marian Shinn</b>.
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/ 6 November 2009
Astronomers at SA’s space telescope are forced to send findings by road, while politicians call on Telkom to resolve the issue, reports David Smith.
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/ 3 February 2009
Consider how radically an understanding of the heavens has changed; how we view ourselves and our place in the universe.