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Africa Hosted the 32nd Meeting of the World’s Top Space Researchers for the First Time
By SG Editor·
A young astronomer uses a telescope and satellite dish under the starry night sky in Sudan, highlighting scientific pursuits amid conflict.
The International Astronomical Union’s General Assembly — held every four years and so, inevitably, known as the Olympics of astronomy — is being hosted in Cape Town. South Africa and several other southern African nations, alongside Australia, will be home to the world’s largest radio telescope, the Square Kilometer Array, the first stage of which is set for completion in 2027. That, as well as the continent’s growing scientific prowess, led to the decision to host the assembly there.