Study: Solar system full of ‘rogue’ asteroids
(CNN) — If you want to find an asteroid, the region between Mars and Jupiter is a great place to look. That area where asteroids hang out is called the […]
China becomes third country to land on moon
Epigraph: He (Allah) it is Who made the sun radiate a brilliant light and the moon reflect a lustre, and ordained for it stages, that you might know the number of […]
Discovery Channel Video: Moon: Does it have a purpose?
Article written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times If you wonder what your life would be like without the moon, the surprising answer is […]
China launches First Moon Mission
Epigraph: He (Allah) it is Who made the sun radiate a brilliant light and the moon reflect a lustre, and ordained for it stages, that you might know the number […]
Did Life's First Cells Evolve in Geothermal Pools?
Source: Scientific American Earth started as a violent place, its surface churned by continuous volcanic eruptions and cloaked in an atmosphere that would have been poisonous to today’s life-forms. Furthermore, the thin primeval atmosphere may have provided only scant protection from the young sun’s harsh ultraviolet glare. Given these inhospitable conditions, […]
Did Life’s First Cells Evolve in Geothermal Pools?
Source: Scientific American Earth started as a violent place, its surface churned by continuous volcanic eruptions and cloaked in an atmosphere that would have been poisonous to today’s life-forms. Furthermore, the thin primeval atmosphere may have provided only scant protection from the young sun’s harsh ultraviolet glare. Given these inhospitable conditions, […]
Tens of billions of planets out there are like Earth, study finds
By Brad Lendon, CNN updated 12:39 PM EST, Tue November 5, 2013 | Filed under: Innovations (CNN) — Ever have one of those days where you just wanna be alone, maybe […]
Massive Asteroid Could Hit Earth In 2032, Say Ukrainian Scientists
Source: The Huffington Post Astronomers in Ukraine say a deadly asteroid is likely to collide with the Earth in 2032. According to a Russian news service, researchers at an observatory […]
Meteorite pulled from Russian lake
Source: BBC Divers working at a Russian lake have recovered a half-tonne chunk of the space rock that exploded over Chelyabinsk earlier this year. The object plunged into Lake Chebarkul […]
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences
Epigraph: Blessed is He (Allah) in Whose hand is the kingdom, and He has power over all things; … Who has created seven heavens in harmony. No incongruity canst thou see […]
Qur’an & Modern Science: Spherical Shape of Earth (by Dr. Zakir Naik)
In early times, people believed that the earth is flat. For centuries, men were afraid to venture out too far, lest they should fall off the edge. Sir Francis Drake […]
Nine Times bigger Telescope for Hawaii
Hawaii Islands – Picture is courtesy of PacificIslands.com Source: China Daily By Chen Jia in San Francisco (China Daily) Chinese astronomers are helping develop technologies for what it is intended […]
A Big Bang Video: It takes Greater Belief to be an Atheist than a Theist
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 they […]
Earth’s rotation and axis and blessings of Allah
Epigraph: And among His Signs is this, that He sends the winds as bearers of glad tidings and that He may make you taste of His mercy, and that the […]
Asteroids: Current Affairs and Islam
Our favorite posts: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy Suggested reading by the Chief Editor of the Muslim Times: Two Hundred Verses about […]
Nasa scientists plan Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter moon
Source: The Guardian, UK $2bn project, yet to get funding approval, would look for life on Europa, which has vast ice-covered oceans of water Alok Jha, science correspondent The Guardian, Friday 15 February 2013 14.09 EST Nasa scientists have drawn up plans for a mission that could look for life […]
Asteroid too close for comfort
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Russian meteor causes blast; hundreds injured
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&contentId=world/2013/02/15/rajpal-black-russia-meteor-shock-sonic-boom.cnn Moscow (CNN) — A meteor streaked through the skies above Russia’s Urals region Friday morning, before exploding with a flash and boom that shattered glass in buildings and left […]