Stellenbosch-based engineers have received a R200-million contract to produce 60 receivers for the SKA radio telescope.
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Following quickly on the success of India’s moon landing, the country’s space agency launched a rocket to study the sun.
Earthquakes like Wednesday’s Joburg tremblor are likely to reoccur, according to the Council for Geoscience.
India will make its second attempt to land on the moon on Wednesday, just days after a Russian lander crashed.
South Africa has said it will partner with China on space exploration in the race with the US for lunar dominance.
As news of the failure of Russia’s lunar mission broke, India said Chandrayaan-3 was on course for a moon landing this week.
The World Health Organisation reported 619 000 deaths from malaria in 2021, most of them in Africa.
A Russian lander spun out of control and crashed into the moon, ending the country’s first lunar mission in 47 years.
With the death of last male in 2018 and with only two females alive, the northern white rhino is functionally extinct.
The time-warping effects of psychoactive drugs suggest that deliberate time manipulation may be possible.