23 November 2020
China's lunar sample return mission to launch tonight
.... Studies of the region show that the Rümker plateau stands 200 – 1300 metres above the surrounding mare surface and covers an area of approximately 4000 square kilometres. It is populated with various landforms including impact craters...
03 March 2025
Blue Ghost lander operations underway on lunar surface
... on the Moon after its robotic craft touched down at 0834 UTC on a dark basaltic plain called the Mare Crisium (Sea of Crises) near a solitary lunar mountain called Mons Latreille. Blue Ghost’s two-week flight...
31 December 2018
Discovering Pluto: exploration at the edge of the solar system
... world that could be described as a cross between the Moon and Mars. It has craters and mountains and mare-like areas, but is subtly coloured in yellows, oranges and reds, due of course to its chemical composition. Unlike...
22 September 2021
Telescope built by Karoo locals releases data to astronomers around the world
... team was supervised by Cape Town-based Kathryn Rosie – HERA Project Engineer at the time, and Matthys Maree (Carnarvon) – at the time filling in as construction supervisor. “Construction of the array is phased in such a way that, as antennas are...
