Hermanus, South Africa, 13/04/2013 From the Regional Space Weather Warning Centre at the Space Science Directorate of the South African National Space Agency. The most powerful solar flare of the year erupted from the sun on 11 April 2013. Active region 1719
The fiftieth session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) was held from 11-22 February 2013 at the United Nation Office in Vienna, Austria. COPUOS became a forum for development of laws and treaties governing
By Jonathan Ward The 8th of December 2011 is a date I will never forget. After nearly six months of training at the South African National Space Agency in Hermanus, I stood on the deck of the SA Agulhas I, surrounded
So what's up with the sun why is solar max proving to be a little on the mini side? An interesting public lecture entitled "Solar Max - Why No Big Bangs Yet?" presented by Kobus Olckers, SANSA Space Weather Officer,
A group of 14 students, who are registered for the Honours degree course under the National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme (NASSP) at University of Cape Town, attended a Summer School on the "Introduction to Space Physics" at SANSA Space
SANSA Space Science hosted the 2013 Ionospheric Monitoring in Africa Workshop, 24 - 25 January 2013. The workshop brought together scientists from various European and African countries in an effort to highlight the current state of Africa's ground-based ionospheric monitoring
A SANSA Space Weather team attended the Ninth European Space Weather Week (ESWW9) at the Académie Royale de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium from 5 - 9 November 2012. ESWW9 was attended by over 300 researchers, forecasters and users of Space Weather
Embarking on a journey to the frozen continent of Antarctica is a once in a life time experience filled with mixed emotions of excitement and anxiety about what lies ahead. Cornelia Oberholzer, Philip Mey, Padraig Riley, Paul McQueen, Nadia Hansa, Claire
A High Temperature SQUID (Superconducting Quantum Interference Device) sensor was recently installed at SANSA Space Science in a dedicated non-magnetic hut. The SQUID was installed and is operated in collaboration with the University of Stellenbosch. With features such as shielding, mechanical
Dr Pierre Cilliers a SANSA Space Science Researcher, was the lead South African delegate at the XXXII biannual delegates meeting and open science conference of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) in Portland, USA, which took place from 14
