23 May Are we alone in the universe?
Find out at the SANSA Space Talk 5 June in Hermanus.
09 May What’s on Marion Island?
On Wednesday 2 April the South African research vessel Agulhas II set sail once again with a SANSA team heading for Marion Island in the sub-Antarctic Indian ocean, about 950 nautical miles (1769km) south-east of Port Elizabeth. SANSA's Marion Island Engineer
09 Apr Space Weather Silently Impacting Your Day
An extreme space weather event, or solar superstorm, is one of a number of potentially high impact, but low probability natural hazards. In response to a growing awareness in government, extreme space weather now features as an element of national
09 Mar Coming Around Again: Giant Sunspot Makes Third Trip Across the Sun
Scientists track sunspots that are part of active regions, which often produce large explosions on the sun such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Each time an active region appears it is assigned a number. Active regions that have
28 Feb Understanding Space Plasma
Space is not as empty as you think! While the name suggests that space is empty, that is far from true. Matter released by our sun and space weather events fills the area between our planet and surrounding bodies, and is
09 Jan Release: CME from Sun heads toward Earth
Active region 1944 erupted on 7 January 2014 with an X-class X-ray solar flare accompanied by a coronal mass ejection (CME). The CME is travelling towards Earth and is estimated to impact the Earth's magnetic field around 9:00 UT on
03 Dec New Space Weather Radar Heads for Antarctica
The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) bid farewell to a team of scientists and engineers as they departed on the SA Agulhas II for Antarctica on 28 November 2013. The 53rd Antarctic expedition marks a milestone for the Space
14 Nov Cape Peninsula University of Technology launches South Africa’s first cube satellite
The Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) is set to make history with the launch of South Africa's first CubeSat, a type of nano-satellite, ZACUBE-1. The launch is set for 21 November 2013 at 09:10:11 (South African Time), atop an RS-2OB
11 Oct The Sun’s magnetic field is about to flip
As we go about our everyday lives here on Earth, seldom do we think about our nearest star the Sun. Life on Earth would not exist without it and yet we take it for granted each day. In the next
11 Oct Engaging the world of Science across the globe
Participation in international conferences is essential for establishing a peer review culture of the research undertaken at SANSA. The impact is seen through the number of ISI publications that result from various collaborative research projects. In addition, it allows scientists