This week @cosmicsavannah feature some rising stars in African Astronomy! We have 4 young aspiring and future astronomers telling their story. Check it out in today’s podcast at #365DaysOfAstro.
Aug 27th: Rising Stars
Jacinta Delhaize Archive
Jul 23rd: The Life Cycle of Galaxies
Today Cosmic Savannah discuss about the life cycle of galaxies with Dr. Moses Mogotsi from SALT. He explains how we can observe gas falling into galaxies, how it forms into stars, and where it goes when those stars die.
Jun 25th: Mars Rovers & the SANSA
Today Cosmic Savannah discuss with Tiaan Strydom from South African National Space Agency about the landing and SANSA’s role in it, as well as various other contributions SANSA is making to space exploration.
May 28th: The MeerKAT Fornax Survey
In this episode, Cosmic Savannah discuss about Fornax Survey using the MeerKAT radio telescope with Dr Paolo Serra.
Apr 23rd: Cosmic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Our podcaster Jacinta has been part of the discovery of two largest radio galaxies using South Africa’s powerful MeerKAT telescope. More about it at #365DaysOfAstro
Mar 26th: Pretty Planetary Nebula
Today Cosmic Savannah talks with Kelebogile Bonokwane about her project on planetary nebulae as she investigating whether binary stars sit at the heart of these magnificent structures and are responsible for their unusual shapes.
Jan 22nd: Under A Shared Sky
Today @cosmicsavannah will take you back to explore the intimate roots of astronomy here in South Africa with Professor John Parkington. More about Intimate Cosmology of the indigenous people of South Africa & its relationship with the night sky at #365DaysOfAstro
Dec 25th: The Bamboo Planetarium
Today @cosmicsavannah discuss with Susan Murabana Owen and Chu Owen from Kenya about The Travelling Telescope that provides educational tools to aid school teachers, such as planetarium in made of bamboo.
Nov 27th: Capturing the Whispers of Hydrogen
On today @CosmicSavannah, Tshiamiso Makwela will discuss with Andrew “Andy” Firth about his work on new technique to detect the faint signals of hydrogen gas in distant galaxies.
Oct 23rd: Beyond the Zone of Avoidance
Today Cosmic Savannah talk with Sambatriniaina Rajohnson about her work on large scale structure of the universe and her plan to observe these structure in Vela supercluster region using MeerKAT.