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...

The winners of the AstroArt Contest for both Primary and Secondary categories have emerged. They are as follows: PRIMARY CATEGORY 1st Position, Primary Category- Cornelia Uzuezi Egbodor (+2348023160109) MOTIVATION: This painting is an imaginative art of the first Nigerian astronaut to go to the moon. It shows that we as...

Because of ethno-religious conflicts and terrorism, Nigeria has over 2 million internally displaced persons (IDP’s), 80% of which are women and children according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). 42% of the internally displaced persons live in camps and camp like settings, while 58% live in host communities. One...

Astronomers Without Borders (AWB) Nigeria presents the maiden Edition of the Astro Art Contest for Elementary and High School kids in Nigeria. The contest provides opportunities for kids aged 7-17 years in Nigeria to express their *Imaginations* of Outer Space in paintings! The call for entries is now open! The...

On the 21st of this month of June, our planet Earth will witness the 3rd out of six (6) rounds of eclipses scheduled for the year 2020. The first two eclipses were lunar eclipses which occurred on January 10th and June 5th. They were both observed from Africa. The forthcoming...

Following the news about the transit of Asteroid 1998 OR2 on April 29, 2020. Another Asteroid dubbed Asteroid 2002 NN4 is set to make a flyby in the early morning hours of Saturday by these times according to the six (6) time zones in Africa: GMT – 1 =  2:20 am...

Every year, our planet Earth is capable of experiencing  four (4) to seven (7) eclipses. But this year 2020, we will experience only six (6) of them: four (4) lunar and two (2) solar eclipses. We have already witnessed a penumbra lunar eclipse earlier this year on January 10. This...