Looking Up - 01 June 2018

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Brent Miszalski, SALT Astronomer with the South African Astronomical Observatory here in Cape Town, has discovered the secrets behind the weird and wonderful shape of the Hourglass Nebula, which sits close to the Southern Cross. Find out why it is the way it is, and what binary star systems have to do with it. Science as it happens!

1 Jun 2018 English South Africa Places & Travel

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