Author: Munyaradzi Makoni

African astronomers point to a golden age of astronomy on the continent as work starts in South Africa on the world’s biggest telescope. “When we talk about advancing the astronomy agenda on this continent, for us, it’s more than about advancing the field of astronomy,” Kevin Govender, director of the International Astronomical Union’s Office of Astronomy for Development, told a meeting during the World Science Forum, held in South Africa’s legislative capital Cape Town last week. “We know from our experience that … the growth of astronomy can be associated with the growth of development in the region, that we…