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
Apr 23rd: Cosmic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Tag: The Cosmic Savannah
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.
Sep 25th: The Universe Evolves Too
In this week’s @cosmicsavannah, Robbie Lees chat with Liantsoa Finaritra Randrianjanahary about the evolution of the universe and how he can determine some of the hidden secrets of the universe
Aug 28th: From Hospitality to Aspiring Astronomer
Today @cosmicsavannah talk with with Bret Yotti a student and teaching assistant from the University of Cape Town (UCT) & presenter at the Iziko Planetarium about his journey in astronomy
Jul 24th: How Astronomy Benefits Humanity
Today, Andy Firth interview Tshiamiso Makwela for @cosmicsavannah. They discuss about how astronomy benefit humanity.
Jun 26th: The Most Powerful Explosion Ever Recorded
In our third mini episode, we chat with Reikantseone Diretse, a Master’s student from the University of Cape Town. He is involved with the ThunderKAT project & part of his research involves one particular transient event.