On Sunday, 7 September, all of South Africa will be able to see a total eclipse of the Moon (weather permitting, of course). Here in Port Alfred and surrounding areas the eclipse will occur as the full Moon is rising in the east just…
From the dawn of consciousness, we humans have pondered the sky, wondering, “What is out there?” For thousands of years our ancestors were limited to what they could see with their eyes: The Sun, Moon, five planets, comets and 10,000…
World-renowned Albany Museum verterbrate paleontologist, Dr Rob Gess, enthralled U3A members at the Settlers Park Don Powis Hall with a presentation on the famous Waterloo Farm lagerstӓtte (exceptional fossil site) outside Makhanda. “This…
AMORÈ ELSJE NEL A geomagnetic storm lit up the night sky in parts of the US during the first weekend in October. South Africa’s National Space Agency (Sansa) told reporters that the storm had originated from a solar flare “that erupted…
Could life possibly exist on Venus? asks Professor Donald Kurtz Venus is the beautiful, bright “evening star” you can now see to the northwest as twilight fades. It will remain in our evening sky until the end of February next year.…
Edmund Wessels, a South African biomedical engineer, and Anatoli Kirigwajjo, a Ugandan electrical engineer, have jointly won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. YUNGA Kirigwajjo wins with…
A few weeks ago, 10 young people from Port Alfred and Bathurst boarded a plane to Chicago for the experience of a lifetime, to take part in the One Team, Two Continents (1T2C) Ambassador Programme. The programme teaches young people from…
More than 50 people overcame any feelings of arachnophobia when they attended the Kowie Museum’s latest fundraiser – a lively talk by Jonathan Leeming of Joburg on Spiders and Bites. During regular visits to his family in Port Alfred…
Sixty-six million years ago the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico was struck by an asteroid 10km in diameter travelling at 70,000 km/h. This giant space rock drove deep into the Earth’s crust and exploded with an energy equivalent to 100…
