It takes a year for the Earth to go around the Sun, and it takes a month for the Moon to go around the Earth. These two orbits sometimes line up perfectly to have the Moon directly between the Sun and the Earth. When this happens, the shadow of the Moon moves across...
International Space Weather Camp The International Space Weather Camp (ISWC) provides an incredible opportunity for students from South Africa, the USA, and Germany to learn about space weather, a relatively new and exciting field involving the study of...
The South African satellite known as SumbandilaSat (Pathfinder in Venda) is reaching the end of its life and will deorbit on Friday 10 December 2021. The satellite was launched in 2009 and took a total of 1 128 high-resolution, usable images. The image data was...
Africa Earth Observation Challenge announces the winners of the 2021 challenge. The Africa Earth Observation (EO) Challenge was launched 14 weeks, with aim of promoting awareness of the value of earth observation data (EOD), driving entrepreneurial activity in...
At Science Forum South Africa, the largest space conference that is a precursor to Science Forum Africa, currently taking place in Pretoria, South Africa saw representatives from the South...
