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Wits announces passing of SKA project research chair Sergio Colafrancesco

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Deputy Editor Online
 
ASTRONOMY
The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) has announced the passing of Wits School of Physics member and scientist Professor Sergio Colafrancesco on September 30, following a battle with cancer. He was the School of Physics’ radio astronomy research chairperson for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project – a significant astronomy project by the Department of Science and Technology and the National Research Foundation, based in the Northern Cape.
 
 
 
 
 

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