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The changing landscape of South African astronomy

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06 May, 2019
The South African Astronomical Observatory Celebrates the life of an Astronomy Giant, Professor Michael William Feast

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02 April, 2019
Declaration of the South African Astronomical Observatory as a National Heritage Site

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23 January, 2019
An artist’s impression of a kilonova, the result of two colliding and merging neutron stars, which was the source of the first gravitational wave event (GW170817) for which an electromagmetic counterpart was detected at different wavelengths (picture credit: Robin Dienel; Carnegie Institution for Science).
Observing the fast and the furious: SAAO observes the first optical counterpart of a Gravitational Wave source

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22 January, 2019
SAAO contributes to MU69 exploration

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11 January, 2019
A mystery in the outer Solar System

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18 December, 2018
SALT plays key role in the global hunt for Dark Energy

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10 December, 2018
SALT contributes to the discovery of a bingeing white dwarf

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03 December, 2018
SALT chases hypervelocity stars

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19 November, 2018
Pluto: small, distant, and fascinating

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05 September, 2018
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