Astronomy

Stargazing in Turkana: Inspiring Africa’s Future in Astronomy

In the Turkana Basin, where fossils tell stories of evolution, a different kind of exploration is taking place. Scientists at the Turkana Basin Institute (TBI) have spent decades uncovering secrets of human evolution from sediments, a new group of explorers is looking in the opposite direction, toward the stars. This year, [...]

By |2025-03-04T18:51:58+03:00March 4th, 2025|Astronomy, Featured, Field Schools, General, Sticky|Comments Off on Stargazing in Turkana: Inspiring Africa’s Future in Astronomy

Ileret Hosts its First Astronomy School

Between September 24 and October 7, the Turkana Basin Institute site at Ileret hosted for the first time an astronomy school. This school provided training in astronomy and data reduction techniques to 10 South-African and 9 Kenyan students. The initiative is a new collaboration between the Development in Africa with Radio Astronomy (DARA) project [...]

By |2024-04-23T14:33:11+03:00November 14th, 2023|Astronomy, Featured, Sticky|Comments Off on Ileret Hosts its First Astronomy School
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