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09 Mar Coming Around Again: Giant Sunspot Makes Third Trip Across the Sun

Posted at 08:59h in News, Space Science by Vaneshree Maharaj

Scientists track sunspots that are part of active regions, which often produce large explosions on the sun such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Each time an active region appears it is assigned a number. Active regions that have

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28 Feb Understanding Space Plasma

Posted at 06:56h in News, Space Science by Vaneshree Maharaj

  Space is not as empty as you think! While the name suggests that space is empty, that is far from true. Matter released by our sun and space weather events fills the area between our planet and surrounding bodies, and is

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09 Jan Release: CME from Sun heads toward Earth

Posted at 09:12h in News, Space Science by Vaneshree Maharaj

Active region 1944 erupted on 7 January 2014 with an X-class X-ray solar flare accompanied by a coronal mass ejection (CME). The CME is travelling towards Earth and is estimated to impact the Earth's magnetic field around 9:00 UT on

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03 Dec New Space Weather Radar Heads for Antarctica

Posted at 07:18h in News, Space Science by Vaneshree Maharaj

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) bid farewell to a team of scientists and engineers as they departed on the SA Agulhas II for Antarctica on 28 November 2013. The 53rd Antarctic expedition marks a milestone for the Space

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14 Nov Cape Peninsula University of Technology launches South Africa’s first cube satellite

Posted at 12:29h in News, Space Science by Vaneshree Maharaj

  The Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) is set to make history with the launch of South Africa's first CubeSat, a type of nano-satellite, ZACUBE-1. The launch is set for 21 November 2013 at 09:10:11 (South African Time), atop an RS-2OB

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11 Oct The Sun’s magnetic field is about to flip

Posted at 14:25h in News, Space Science by Vaneshree Maharaj

As we go about our everyday lives here on Earth, seldom do we think about our nearest star the Sun. Life on Earth would not exist without it and yet we take it for granted each day. In the next

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11 Oct Engaging the world of Science across the globe

Posted at 13:44h in News, Space Science by Vaneshree Maharaj

Participation in international conferences is essential for establishing a peer review culture of the research undertaken at SANSA. The impact is seen through the number of ISI publications that result from various collaborative research projects. In addition, it allows scientists

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09 Oct SA Space Agency Probing Space from Earth

Posted at 08:40h in News, Space Science by Vaneshree Maharaj

Just as there is weather on Earth, so too is there weather in space, and it can interfere with and cause damage to satellites which we rely on for communications, navigation, resource management and the safety and security of our

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08 Oct Looking beyond our skies for space weather

Posted at 13:14h in News, Space Science by Vaneshree Maharaj

A new High Frequency Digital Radar will be unveiled at the final World Space Week event for SANSA this year at a ceremony on 9 October 2013 in Hermanus, Western Cape. The radar system forms part of the Super Dual

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16 Sep Broadening Horizons for Undergraduate Students

Posted at 14:47h in News, Space Science by Vaneshree Maharaj

Eager to learn and explore the exciting world of space physics, 16 students from universities around South Africa attended the annual SANSA Space Science Winter School in Hermanus from 1-5 July, 2013. The Winter School aims to introduce the field

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SANSA was created to promote the use of space and strengthen cooperation in space-related activities while fostering research in space science, advancing scientific engineering through developing human capital, and supporting industrial development in space technologies.

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SANSA Hermanus, Western Cape:

Tel: 028 312 1196
Fax: 028 312 2039
Email: spacesci-info@sansa.org.za


SANSA Pretoria, Gauteng:

Tel: 012 844 0500
Fax: 012 844 0396
Email: information@sansa.org.za

SANSA Hartebeesthoek, Gauteng:

Tel: 012 334 5000
Fax: 012 334 5001
Email: spaceops-info@sansa.org.za

 

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