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Largest asteroid of 2021 to make closest approach to Earth

The largest asteroid to sweep past Earth this year will make its closest approach on Sunday. But scientists have told people not to panic as it poses no threat to the planet. The giant space rock that researchers call 2001 FO32 has a diameter of several hundred metres and will approach Earth at a distance of about two million kilometres (1.2 million miles), US space agency NASA said. That distance […]

today20 March 2021

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Legendary ‘maankyker’ Hadji Omar Gabier passes away

A man whose iconic voice echoed the call to prayer at every moonsighting in Cape Town has fallen silent. Hadji Omar Gabier, the revered, dedicated and passionate ‘maankyker’, has passed on at the age of 85.  He served as the president of the Crescent Observer's Society (COS), a dedicated group who on a monthly basis would meet to confirm the sighting of the moon to mark the beginning of the […]

today22 June 2020

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SA gears up for lunar eclipse

The longest total eclipse in a century will take place on 27 July 2018 and should be visible in South Africa — weather permitting. What will we see? The full Moon will rise just after sunset on Friday 27 July. At 7:13 pm SA Time (17:13 UT), the Moon will start moving into the penumbral (partial) shadow of the Earth. Less direct sunlight will reach the eastern (lower) side of […]

today27 July 2018

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