By Ijeoma Olorunfemi
The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) says Nigeria is the first country in Africa to acquire a cosmic ray muon detector to aid climate change and atmospheric research.
Prof. Babatunde Rabiu, Director, UN- African Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in English (UN-ARCSSTEE), a research and development centre of NASRDA, disclosed this at a symposium in Abuja on Thursday.
The symposium on Cosmic Rays and Space Weather was organised by UN-ARCSSTEE in collaboration with Georgia State University (GSU), USA.
The muon detector for monitoring cosmic rays and space weather was built and designed by the Physics and Astronomy Department of Georgia State University (GSU), USA.
Rabiu explained that a cosmic ray is a natural radiation that is not ionized in the atmosphere.
According to him, cosmic rays vary in location, latitude, and altitude of location and can be modified when certain anthropogenic activities occur.
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Source: News Agency of Nigeria
