Hermanus Astronomy Centre

21/06/2026

More about the presenter: "Professor Roger Deane is a leading South African astrophysicist and radio astronomer. He is a Professor and the SKA (Square Kilometre Array) Chair in Radio Astronomy at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). He is best known for his key role in the Event Horizon Telescope team that captured the historic first image of a black hole."
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20/05/2026

https://www.hermanusastronomy.co.za/2026/05/20/sa-professor-behind-meerkat-and-worlds-largest-radio-astronomy-network-honouredsa-professor-behind-meerkat-and-worlds-largest-radio-astronomy-network-honoured/

Professor Justin Jonas, Behind MeerKAT and World’s Largest Radio Astronomy Network, Honoured

18/03/2026

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-meteor-falling-cleveland-states.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

A suspected meteor that fell over the Cleveland area on Tuesday shook homes and startled residents who heard a boom that some compared to an explosion.

18/03/2026

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-physicists-sun-magnetic-kilometers-surface.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

Every eleven years, the sun's magnetic field flips. Sunspots—dark, cooler regions on the sun's surface that mark intense magnetic activity and often trigger solar eruptions—appear at mid-latitudes and migrate toward the star's equator in a butterfly-shape pattern before fading as the cycle reset...

18/03/2026

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-galaxy-door-astronomers.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors—a small, gas-rich galaxy visible to the naked eye from the southern hemisphere, and bound to our galaxy by gravity, alongside its companion, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). All three galaxies have been interact...

18/03/2026

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-astronomers-period-radio-transient-unknown.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

Using the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP), astronomers have discovered a new long-period radio transient source, which received the designation ASKAP J142431.2–612611 (ASKAP J1424 for short). The newfound transient has a period of approximately 36 minutes and its nature is unknown. The finding w...