Astronomy

42 articles

Astro News May 2025

  • 29 April 2025

Some interesting information about the night sky in May 2025.

Astro News April 2025

  • 28 March 2025

Some interesting information about the night sky in April 2025.

Astro News March 2025

  • 26 February 2025

Some interesting information about the night sky in March 2025.

Astro News February 2025

  • 31 January 2025

Some interesting information about the night sky in February 2025.

Astro News January 2025

  • 27 December 2024

Some interesting information about the night sky in January 2025.

Astro News December 2024

  • 28 November 2024

Some interesting information about the night sky in December 2024.

Astro News November 2024

  • 30 October 2024

Some interesting information about the night sky in November 2024.

Astro News October 2024

  • 25 September 2024

Some interesting information about the night sky in October 2024.

The YouTube video and PowerPoint slides for Observing the unobservable: a black hole primer are now available

  • 16 September 2024

The public talk was held on the 22nd of August 2024 by Prof. Sara Markoff

Impression from the 16th Southern Star Party

  • 9 September 2024

From 6 September to 9 September 2024 at Gross Barmen

Astro News September 2024

  • 28 August 2024

Some interesting information about the night sky in September 2024.

The Astrobiology: Life in the Universe presentation's YouTube video and PowerPoint slides are now available

  • 23 August 2024

The public talk was held on the 25th of July 2024 by Prof. William Welsh

YouTube video and PowerPoint slides for “African Astronomy and calendar making” are now available

  • 9 August 2024

The presentation was held on the 11th of July 2024 by Dr Motheo Koitsiwe.

Astro News August 2024

  • 31 July 2024

Some interesting information about the night sky during August 2024.

Astro News July 2024

  • 28 June 2024

Some interesting information about the night sky during July 2024.

The recording of the “Black hole astrophysics with a millimetre telescope in Namibia“ is available

  • 11 April 2024

Public talk by Professor Rob Fender on 27 February 2024.

Astro News April 2024

  • 27 March 2024

Some interesting information about the night sky during April 2024.

Astro News March 2024

  • 28 February 2024

Some interesting information about the night sky during March 2024.

Astro News February 2024

  • 31 January 2024

Some interesting information about the night sky during February 2024.

Astro News January 2024

  • 27 December 2023

Some interesting information about the night sky during January 2024.

Astro News December 2023

  • 29 November 2023

Some interesting information about the night sky during December 2023.

Astro News November 2023

  • 1 November 2023

Some interesting information about the night sky during November 2023.

World Space Week

  • 13 October 2023

Namibia Scientific Society and its Astro Group participates in the international space week

Robert Johnstone donates two telescopes to the Namibia Scientific Society

  • 11 October 2023

The Namibia Scientific Society received a 14" Meade LX200 GPS telescope as well as a 12" Meade LX200 GPS telescope.

Learn more about Saturn

  • 3 October 2023

Get the chance to see Saturn and its Rings

Astro News October 2023

  • 28 September 2023

Some interesting information about the night sky during October 2023.

A Cosmic Odyssey: Exploring the Africa Millimetre Telescope’s Mobile Planetarium

  • 16 September 2023

The Universe at the Namibia Scientific Society

Astro News September 2023

  • 30 August 2023

Some interesting information about the night sky during September 2023.

Astro News August 2023

  • 26 July 2023

Some interesting information about the night sky during August 2023.

Astro News July 2023

  • 28 June 2023

Some interesting information about the night sky during July 2023.

16th Southern Star Party

  • 23 June 2023

From 16 to 18 June 2023.

US$ 25-million facility in Namibia will be Africa's first millimetre-range telescope

  • 16 June 2023

Prof. Heino Falcke will talk about why, where, when and how.

The Powerpoint Slides of the presentation “The Planets up close and Personal“ are available

  • 7 June 2023

Public talk by Clyde Foster, Planetary Imager on 23 May 2023.

Astro News June 2023

  • 31 May 2023

Some interesting information about the night sky during June 2023.

Calendar of Events for May 2023

  • 2 May 2023

See our interesting presentation in May

Astro News May 2023

  • 26 April 2023

Some interesting information about the night sky during May 2023.

Astro News April 2023

  • 29 March 2023

Some interesting information about the night sky during April 2023.

The recording of the presentation “First Image of a Black Hole“ is available

  • 3 March 2023

New recording released on our YouTube channel

Astro News March 2023

  • 28 February 2023

Some interesting information about the night sky in March 2023.

Heino Falcke im Gespräch mit Hitradio Namibia

  • 20 February 2023

Es geht um Zeitreisen am Rande von schwarzen Löchern, Namibias einmaligen Sternenhimmel und die Frage nach dem Leben, dem Universum und dem ganzen Rest.

Interview with Prof. Heino Falcke and Jasko Rusk from Hitradio Namibia

  • 18 February 2023

They talk about black holes and explore the questions of what happens when a person falls into one, and what is unique about the Namibian night sky.