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The auditorium at the world’s largest astronomy meeting, the 32nd General Assembly of the International Astronomy Union (IAU) at Cape Town International Convention Centre on August 06, 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Misha Jordaan/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
AFRICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

World’s largest astronomy meeting debuts in Cape Town

South Africa’s groundbreaking astronomical advances, the Southern African Large Telescope and the Square Kilometre Array, will be featured at the IAU General Assembly

  • Umamah Bakharia
3 min read
Dazzling: The James Webb Space Telescope’s first images include the Cosmic Cliffs, a gaseous cavity 7 600 light years away. Photo: Nasa
CARINA NEBULA

What does that gorgeous, mysterious Webb Telescope image of cosmic cliffs reveal?

The ‘craggy mountains’ revealed by the Webb telescope is the edge of a star-forming region

  • Alison Collier
3 min read