An ancient text has been found and accurately dated, to the Greek astronomer Hipparchus in 129 BCE. This is a major historical breakthrough as it shows that people were accurately measuring the stars at that time, and using charts to predict their positions and movements.

Out in the Karoo in the middle of the Northern Cape is the site of the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory, consisting of 64 MeerKAT radio dishes and other strange instruments, designed to capture radio waves from the universe. Turning them into something astronomers can work with requires the biggest super computer in Africa, massive power generation, and all sorts of high tech equipment. Here to tell us about this is Andre Walker who is in charge of the Data Centre.

Out in the Karoo in the middle of the Northern Cape is the site of the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory, consisting of 64 MeerKAT radio dishes and other strange instruments, designed to capture radio waves from the universe. Turning them into something astronomers can work with requires the biggest super computer in Africa, massive power generation, and all sorts of high tech equipment. Here to tell us about this is Andre Walker who is in charge of the Data Centre.

A round up of recent astronomical news: the effect of hurricane Ian on space launches, Citizen Science and the search for exoplanets has a new SETI project, and no eclipse for us down in South Africa.

NASA's DART project could save the entire planet! Last Monday NASA successfully hit a small lump of rock in space, knocking it very slightly off orbit. This is a demonstration of a method that could be used to deal with a real threat to Earth from space.

Professor Paul Groote talks to Kechil about multiwavelength astronomy and how it is that we know so much about the stars.

Want to see the biggest single-mirror telescope in the hemisphere? Want to look at the stars through powerful instruments? Claudine Jasmine is a tour guide in Sutherland at the South African Astronomical Observatory and here tells Kechil what you need to do. Go to www.saao.ac.za to book for a day or night tour. It's fabulous. SAAO

The James Webb Space Telescope has been at it again, and has found something odd - a star with concentric rings.

What has the James Webb Space Telescope been up to? It's found carbon dioxide on a far away planet, WASP-39b, and also taken a peek at Jupiter's auroras and rings.

Gamma-Ray Bursts: Simon de Wet gives us the low-down. Do not get in the beam of a Gamma Ray Burst. Sadly, the only way to avoid this is to leave planet Earth.