A wondrous world of hidden treasure awaits those brave enough to journey to the land of ice and snow. Antarctica, a land often described as the coldest, windiest, driest, least populated and most remote corner of the world, is not
SANSA is keeping a close eye on the biggest sunspot to appear on the face of the sun in 24 years. The active sunspot known as AR 12192 has unleashed a few major flares one of which was an X3.1
We often take for granted that the technology we have become so accustomed to rely on daily can be affected not only by weather on Earth but also by more extreme weather in space. An extreme space weather event, or solar
What are Sprites and what should I know about them? Join our resident Space science Chief scientist, Dr Michael Kosch at a public lecture on this fascinating subject!
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Image credit: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets/img/browse/2014/09/10/20140910_172914_1024_0094.jpg[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="512"] Image credit: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets/img/browse/2014/09/10/20140910_174043_1024_0193.jpg[/caption] Active region near the centre of the solar disk which produced an X1.6 solar flare Active region 2158 near the centre of the solar disk erupted on 10 September
Electric plasma in space has always affected radio frequencies transmitted to Earth from man-made satellites - in the same way glass diffracts rays of light through windows. SANSA scientists aim to better understand just how plasma diffracts radio waves. This
While the new SuperDARN digital radar has been installed in Antarctica, back on the home front SANSA is managing an experimental aspect of South Africa's first CubeSAT mission. The experiment aims to determine how to broadcast a high frequency radio
Three projects offer a deeper understanding of the world of space plasma. A digital upgrade to the South African SuperDARN radar in Antarctica, the construction of a High Frequency Direction Finding (HF/DF) interferometer array, and the tricky business of uncoiling a
Dr John Bosco Habarulema, a Ugandan scientist based in South Africa who works at the South African National Space Agency, has become the first African to receive the Sunanda & Santimay Basu Early Career Award. The award is presented by the
Active area AR2087 on the sun produced two X-class X-ray solar flares on 10-06-2014 and another X-class flare on 11-06-2014. This burst of activity comes after a quiet spell of solar activity over the past few weeks. The two X-class