What role can all the satellites launched for Nigeria play in efforts to prevent terrorism in the country and rescue the abducted schoolgirls and others still in captivity? In April, 2014, there was the kidnap of 276 schoolgirls from Government Read More …
Researchers in the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge University have found, what is believed to be, the strongest evidence of life outside Earth and our Solar System. The evidence of life was found in the planet called K2-18b, which has Read More …
Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ commercial space tourism company, had its 11th human flight to the edge of space with an all-female crew on 14 April, 2025. The crew of six had pop star Katy Perry, journalist Lauren Sanchez, former NASA Read More …
Stars form, evolve and finally die. They form as huge amounts of Hydrogen atoms gather and, due to their own gravity, press together, heat-up and finally start “burning” in a nuclear process. They burn by nuclear fusion which makes the Read More …
The term Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, UAP, is preferred to Unidentified Flying Objects, UFO, because they may be optical illusions like of the Sun and the sky or camera tricks, after all. In that case, they may not all be objects Read More …
Nigeria has postponed its plans to build and launch a satellite on home soil. The National Space Research and Development Agency, NASRDA, said 2025 is no longer feasible due to financial constraints. The then Director General, Dr Halilu Shaba, was Read More …
Fasting is one of the five pillars of Islam. The others are: Belief in God and accepting Prophet Muhammad as the messenger, saying five prayers a day at affixed times, performing the Hajj pilgrimage and giving alms. Quran Chapter 2, Read More …
Satellite images from the 1970s to date show that Lake Chad, which provides economic livelihood to 30 million people, has shrunk by 90%. There is historical evidence of a Lake Mega Chad, about 1,000 years ago, connected to the Nile, Read More …
Six planets in our Solar System aligning, so that they can be seen in a line at once in the night sky, is a significant astronomical event. A planetary alignment forms when the planets appear as on same side of Read More …
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr Matthew Olumide Adepoju as Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Space Research and Development Agency, NASRDA. He replaces Dr Halilu Shaba, who was appointed in 2021 by President Muhammadu Buhari. Dr Read More …
