Kartik Sheth and Scott Ransom from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)  as well as  Eric Wilcots from the University of Wisconsin recently visited UWC. They highlighted the exciting capabilities of new/newly upgraded NRAO telescopes such as ALMA and the JVLA and spent an a

Are you feeling frustrated with you’re recent progress ? Struggling to get your collaborators in the same room at the same time or timezone ? We have the solution ! Escape on a research retreat, a highly concentrated week of research activity far from the distractions of everyda

Prof. Matt Jarvis and UWC post-docs Kim McAlpine and Patrice Okouma attended the recent Third-Generation Calibration (3GC3) workshop held in the quaint Eastern Cape town of Port Alfred. Third-generation calibration refers to new techniques which are being developed to calibrate next g

The extremely popular UWC astronomy nights are back ! These night sky viewing evenings are open to students and the public in general and take place biweekly on a Tuesday evening. Participants have the opportunity to discover something new about the night sky and to have firsthand exp

Our very own Roy Maartens along with researchers at the University of Cape Town and the ICG at the University of Portsmouth have been receiving quite a bit of press regarding a recently published  Physics Review Letter:  Antilensing: The Bright Side of Voids From the Science website: