Uncategorized

During the high-level opening ceremony of the ongoing AU-EU Dialogue taking place in Dakar, Senegal, from October 24 to 26, 2023, the Senegalese Space Study Agency/Agence Sénégalaise d’Etudes Spatiale (ASES) inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Regional Association Satellite Communication Organisation (RASCOM). This strategic partnership aims to enhance and expedite Senegal’s digitisation initiatives […]

The Benefits of Starlink’s Satellite Internet in Ghana In recent years, the demand for reliable and high-speed internet access has grown exponentially in Ghana. As the country continues to develop and embrace digital technologies, the need for a robust internet infrastructure has become increasingly evident. This is where Starlink’s satellite internet comes into play, offering

Neptune has 14 known moons. With the exception of Triton, all of  Neptune’s moons are very small, and they come in two general flavors, regular and irregular. The regular ones orbit close to the planet, and the irregular ones are generally farther from Neptune, with all sorts of crazy orbits. And then there’s Triton. It

SpaceX is gearing up for the second ever liftoff of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, from its Starbase site in South Texas. The vehicle slated to make the leap is ready to go, according to company founder and CEO Elon Musk; SpaceX just needs to secure the necessary regulatory approvals, including a launch

The highest reaches of the sun’s atmosphere are thousands of times hotter than its surface, and a new study reveals that this mysterious heat discrepancy could be explained by weak but steady waves propagating in the region. The “surface” of the sun,the photo sphere, or sun’s visible part is about 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit (5,500 degrees

Students from North Carolina and Rhode Island will have separate opportunities next week to hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The two space-to-Earth calls will air live Wednesday, Sept. 13, and Thursday, Sept. 14, on NASA Television. At 11:05 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 13, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas

India’s moon rover has confirmed the presence of sulphur and detected several other elements on the lunar south pole, says the country’s space agency. Last week, India became the first country to land a craft near the largely unexplored south pole, and just the fourth nation to land on the moon. “The Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

After splashing down safely in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida early Monday morning, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 completed the agency’s sixth commercial crew rotation mission to the International Space Station. The international crew of four spent 186 days in orbit. NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, as well as UAE (United Arab

August is almost over, but it still has a rare event to deliver to skywatchers in the form of a second full moon. The full moon that rises on Wednesday, Aug. 30, will be a special one too, the unification of a supermoon and a Blue Moon, a “Super Blue Moon.” The moon won’t appear

Days after becoming the first nation to land a craft near the Moon’s largely unexplored south pole, India’s space agency said on Monday it will launch a satellite to survey the Sun. “The launch of Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun, is scheduled for September 2,” the Indian Space Research Organisation