Astronomy - ASSA Johannesburg Centre

NASA is sending humans to fly around the Moon—and you can watch! 🚀

Live coverage of Artemis II begins today. Full schedule: https://go.nasa.gov/4s4S1lj

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Geodesy Image of the Satellite Laser Ranger at SARAO's Hartebeesthoek Site

Solar eclipse tomorrow 17 Feb.

Partial solar eclipse expected over South Africa on 17 February - SANSA On 17 February, a partial solar eclipse will be visible from large parts of South Africa. This is a rare occurrence where the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, obscuring the Sun. During a partial solar eclipse, the Moon, Sun, and Earth do not align in a perfectly straight line and the Moon

Two Camera Comets, One Sky
Luc Perrot
Reunion Island, France
2025 September 20
C/2025 K1 ATLAS (left) and C/2025 R2 (right)

Credit: Team Ciel Austral
Chile

A tornado made of boiling plasma that can rotate at speeds up to 186,000 miles (299,338 km) an hour might seem like an extraordinary phenomenon, but there are thousands of them on the sun at any given moment. Over the last few years, astrophotographer Miguel Claro has captured remarkably detailed footage of these solar twisters swirling above the sun's active surface. See more of Claro's spectacular solar images: https://on.natgeo.com/4mfHpxz