Nasa’s Voyager 1 phones home after months

WASHINGTON: Nasa’s Voyager 1 probe — the most distant man-made object in the universe — is returning usable information to ground control following months of spouting gibberish, the US space agency announced Monday.The spaceship stopped sending readable data back to Earth on November 14, 2023, even though controllers could tell it was still receiving their … Read more

NASA unveils probe bound for Jupiter’s possibly life-sustaining moon

NEW DELHI: US space scientists on Thursday revealed Nasa‘s upcoming mission to explore one of Jupiter‘s icy moons in search of extraterrestrial life. The spacecraft, named Clipper, is scheduled to launch in October towards Europa, a moon with potential for life. Bob Pappalardo, the project scientist, emphasized Nasa’s quest to uncover the existence of life … Read more

Senate probes alleged payment of $496m to revive Ajaokuta Steel Company

The Senate on Tuesday constituted a 10-member ad hoc committee to ascertain the reasons behind the moribund state of the Ajaokuta Steel Company and the National Ore Mining Company (NIOMCO) despite the alleged payment of $496 million to contractors between 2008 and now. The Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, who presided over the plenary announced … Read more