The world’s most powerful Space telescope has joined the hunt for alien life more than 240 trillion miles from Earth. The $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope is now searching for life beyond our planet. The Trappist-1 system has seven…
2 new NASA missions will uncover the secrets of Venus
It’s time to revisit Venus, our closest planetary neighbour. Two new missions to Earth’s twin have been greenlit by NASA via the agency’s Discovery Program. These missions, which were the two finalists selected from four concepts NASA highlighted in February…
NASA successfully tests world’s most powerful rocket
NASA successfully test-fired the core stage of its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the second time on Thursday afternoon. The powerful moon rocket’s four RS-25 engines fired for eight minutes and 19 seconds at approximately 4:37 pm ET at…
*1 killed, 3 injured in cult war in Lagos (Sun)*LFZ: Sanwo-Olu, Dangote partner on road infrastructure devt, others in Lekki (Vanguard)
1 killed, 3 injured in cult war in Lagos (Sun) One person was killed while three others were injured yesterday during cult war at Ijanikin area of Ojo, Lagos. The deceased butchered beyond recognition while the injured persons sustined serious…
*Police raid Lagos black spots, arrest 720 suspects (Punch)*Obanikoro tasks traditional ruler on education of subjects (Vanguard)
Police raid Lagos black spots, arrest 720 suspects (Punch) The Lagos State Police Command on Sunday said it arrested 720 suspects from different parts of the state for various offences. The suspects, who were arrested during a raid on black…
*House of Reps assesses effects of tank farms location on Lagos residents (Vanguard) *Assembly considers punishment for cultists’ parents (Punch)
House of Reps assesses effects of tank farms location on Lagos residents (Vanguard) The House of Representatives on Tuesday assessed the effects of the location of petroleum tank farms and the operators’ activities on the residents of Ijegun-Egba and Kirikiri…
US detects huge meteor explosion (BBC)
A huge fireball exploded in the Earth’s atmosphere in December, according to Nasa. The blast was the second largest of its kind in 30 years, and the biggest since the fireball over Chelyabinsk in Russia six years ago. But it went…
NASA to advance unique 3D printed sensor technology (STRN)
A NASA technologist is taking miniaturisation to the extreme. Mahmooda Sultana won funding to advance a potentially revolutionary, nanomaterial-based detector platform. The technology is capable of sensing everything from minute concentrations of gases and vapor, atmospheric pressure and temperature, and…
Astronauts escape malfunctioning rocket (BBC)
A capsule carrying the two crew members of a Russian Soyuz rocket that malfunctioned on lift-off has landed safely in Kazakhstan. Russian Cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and US astronaut Nick Hague are reported to be “in good condition”, both Nasa and…