Source: CNN By James Griffiths, CNN (CNN)Japan’s space agency will attempt to land a robotic unmanned landing craft on the surface of an asteroid 300 million-kilometers (186.4 million-miles) away from Earth […]
The Parker Solar Probe spacecraft takes off on its mission to the Sun Source: BBC News US space agency Nasa has launched its mission to send a satellite closer to […]
Source: Huffington Post Blood moons have inspired both awe and fear throughout the centuries. By Carol Kuruvilla AUMPHOTOGRAPHY VIA GETTY IMAGES A blood moon eclipse over a mountain in Thailand […]
Epigraph: Do not the disbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were a closed-up mass, then We opened them out? And We made from water every living thing. Will […]
Epigraph: Do not the disbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were a closed-up mass, then We opened them out? And We made from water every living thing. Will […]
By: Glen M. Cooper The most obvious difference between modern and Islamic astronomy is that the latter is primarily mathematical and predictive, and the former has other observational goals, […]
Source: CDC A total solar eclipse—when the moon completely covers the sun—will be visible from coast to coast on August 21, 2017. This amazing event lasts only about 2 minutes […]
Source: BBC News By Richard Hollingham In a beige-coloured cubicle, on the ground floor of a nondescript suburban office block in Pasadena, California, history is being made. In fact, […]
Source: Gulf News Astronomical calculations have determined accurately when it starts every year since 1993 UAE: Islamic scholars and astrophysicists in the UAE believe the Muslim world should rely on […]
Source: India The 64-gram satellite has been named after the former Indian president, and a pioneer in aeronautical science in India, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. By Aishwarya Krishnan | Published: May 15, 2017 2:53 PM IST India has been a pioneer in the field of science and an 18-year-old teen, […]
The Muslim Times’ Chief Editor’s comments To me the increasing complexity of our universe, which we can barely scratch at, speaks volumes about the creativity of our Merciful and Gracious […]
Suggested Reading 2016 Nobel in Physics Shows Again: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences Deism: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics […]
Source: BBC About 95% of the cosmos cannot be seen by any telescopes, because it is made of mysterious “dark matter” and “dark energy” that do not interact with […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Adriana A. Retif Science and Space Journalist Adriana Retif is a contributor at The Huffington Post, where she covers Science, Space and other issues related to […]
Source: CNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN)Astronomers have found at least seven Earth-sized planets orbiting the same star 40 light-years away, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The findings were also announced at a news conference at NASA Headquarters in Washington. This discovery outside of our […]
The speed of light in vacuum, commonly denoted c, is a universal physical constant important in many areas of physics. Its exact value is 299792458 metres per second (approximately 3.00×108 m/s, approximately […]
Source: NY Times By Dennis Overbye Misconception: The universe started someplace. Actually: The Big Bang didn’t happen at a place; it happened at a time. “Where did the Big Bang […]
Source: BBC By Marcus Woo 20 October 2016 On a winter’s night in January 1995, rain fell on the Haute-Provence Observatory in southern France. Didier Queloz, an astronomy graduate student, […]
Source: BBC President Barack Obama says the US will work with private companies on its plan to send humans to Mars in the 2030s. President Obama announced his proposals for […]
Source: MSN.com (Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Doina Chiacu) U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to help send people to Mars within the next 15 years, pledging to […]
