Day: May 2, 2025

The African Union AU and European Union EU partnership marks its 25th anniversary this year, dating back to the first Africa Europe Summit held in Cairo on April 3-4, 2000. This alliance represents nearly 1.9 billion people across both continents and is founded on shared values, mutual interests, and multilateral cooperation. Both unions are working …

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On May 1, 1949, Neptune’s moon Nereid was discovered by the Dutch astronomer Gerard Kuiper. This was the second of 14 Neptune moons scientists have discovered. It was also the last one to be discovered with certainty before NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Neptune in 1989. Astronomers suspected they had observed a third moon …

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In a bid to effectively pursue research and astronomical activities for development in Nigeria, the Director General, National Space Research and Development Agency, Dr Halilu Shaba, has emphasised the need for Building and Operating the first Very Long Baseline Interferometry VLBI to carry out research to monitor and predict geo-hazards, using Space Geodetic and Geophysical …

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AALTO HAPS Limited, an Airbus subsidiary specialising in the design, manufacture, and operation of High Altitude Platform Stations HAPS, has successfully completed its first stratospheric flight and testing from the newly established AALTOPORT in Laikipia County, Kenya. Flying above 60,000 feet for over 13 days, the Zephyr HAPS was equipped with a direct to device …

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