AWB Nigeria members, Mrs. Joy Olayiwola and Mr. Uche Chukwu have recorded a milestone achievement with their immense contributions that led to the discovery of the Asteroid 2021-RZ190 which is considered as the most eccentric when compared to other discoveries by African teams. This notable feat was achieved under the...

On Friday, 6th May, 2022 AWB Nigeria in collaboration with Premiere Academy, Lugbe, Abuja organized a STEM outreach at the school. The event, which had in attendance, the Director of Education and Public Engagement of the Associated Universities Incorporated (AUI), Dr Timothy Spuck was the Guest speaker. De Spuck manages...

On the 7th of May 2022, the Astronomers Without Borders (AWB Nigeria) group held an outdoor star gazing activity to participate in marking the Global Astronomy Month ( GAM). This took place in Abuja Nigeria at the Jabi Lake Mall , a location with beautiful scenery which was very conducive...

AWB had their first STEM Outreach for the year 2022 when the team visited Premiere Academy, Lugbe Abuja for the maiden edition of their Technology Day on 29th January, 2022. The National Coordinator of AWB, Ms Olayinka Fagbemiro who was the Guest Speaker at the event commended the school for...

A team of Nigerians in Space Science, under the umbrella of Astronomers Without Borders Nigeria (AWBNigeria), a non-governmental organization responsible for popularizing Astronomy and spreading space science education, awareness and developments in Nigeria, were among those who discovered asteroids during the just concluded asteroid search campaign organized by International Astronomical...

We launched our 2nd Project at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp on the 13th March, 2021. Another Solar Powered Astronomy Learning Hub for teaching STEM to IDP kids. This project is very strategic for the AWB Nigeria in her quest to popularize Astronomy and using it as a tool...

I am also thrilled to announce the winners of our first ever AstroArt Competition, hosted through Ohio State Astronomy! We had 68 participants from 5 countries and 3 continents. The ages of our competitors ranged from 4 to 71 years old. We received everything from sculptures, drawings, jewelry, and paintings, to edible astronomy chocolates,...

Introduction On Monday, the 21st of December, Earthlings will observe ones in a 20 year event known as the conjunction which will be between the last two naked eye planets, Jupiter and Saturn, of which they will appear much closer as if they are merging. But in reality, the distance...

  In this year 2020, Earth has witnessed eclipses a number of times, including both lunar and solar, about six (6) of them. The forthcoming would be the sixth and the last for this year, a total solar eclipse. We witness solar eclipses or eclipse of the Sun not only...

Due to insurgency in several parts of Northern Nigeria, there are over 2 million displaced persons in the country spread across IDP camps and host communities. In Abuja, there are 28,000 IDP’s residing in different camps in the city. In 2019, OAD sponsored the IDP Children’s Astronomy Outreach Project in...