The moon is more useful than the sun
ONE DAY MULLAH NASRUDDIN ENTERED HIS FAVORITE TEAHOUSE AND SAID: ‘THE MOON IS MORE USEFUL THAN THE SUN.’ AN OLD MAN ASKED ‘WHY MULLAH?’ NASRUDDIN REPLIED ‘WE NEED THE LIGHT […]
A Telescope as Sharp as Hubble — but on the Ground
Source: Time Most people think that the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is the most powerful stargazing system in the world. It’s understandable, given the astounding images and spectacular science the […]
Meteors: Establish the truth of the Holy Quran
Meteors: Establish the truth of the Holy Quranhttp://t.co/rFHZ1z0E88 pic.twitter.com/7QbWdLD32G — The Muslim Times (@The_MuslimTimes) November 12, 2014 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim […]
Scientists planning to take a picture of a Black Hole
Source: Discovery News. Since light cannot escape the gravitational pull of a black hole, taking a picture of it – is not realistic. However, scientists are working towards planning to capture a picture of ‘event horizon’ – the swirl of energy and matter around the black hole. Read more.
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences
This is the title of a very famous article in mathematics by Eugene Wigner. The article and its title reminds me of the verses of the Holy Quran that Dr. […]
Satellite Photo Shows New Island Rising from Earth’s Red Sea
Source / Courtesy: Yahoo News By Brett Israel, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer Space.com | SPACE.com The Red Sea has a new inhabitant: a smoking island. The island was created by a wild […]
The search for life in outer space
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=bestoftv/2011/11/22/pkg-zarrella-search-for-life.cnn At a time when the Church was preaching concepts of flat earth, the Holy Quran was talking about two different earths and life forms from their communicating with each […]
Saudi Arabia’s Mistake in Announcing Eid al-Fitr Angers Muslims Worldwide
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page. Promoted post: Use and Misuse of Surah Nur by the Muslims, Before and After Nida Ul Nasser’s Allegations Suggested reading: Bringing the Muslims to the Same Day Eid in UK: Letting Royal Observatory in Greenwich Decide Source of […]
Galaxy Cluster Collision Left a Clumpy Aftermath
Source: Space.com A distant galaxy cluster was spawned by a huge cosmic smash-up of four different clusters, which lasted hundreds of millions of years, a new study suggests. A team of scientists pieced together the violent history of the galaxy cluster Abell 2744, also known as Pandora’s Cluster, using several different telescopes […]
When is Eid? Debate is on
By MD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court has called on Muslims in the Kingdom to look for the new moon of Shawwal on the evening of Monday, which is the 29th day of Ramadan (Aug. 29) and report the matter to the nearest court if any […]
Antimatter spotted on the edge of the world
Source: The Local Earth is wearing a belt of antimatter – a twin of ordinary matter that could one day be used to create fuel for interstellar space travel – according to a breakthrough study by German and Italian scientists. The scientists have for the first time spotted the […]
NASA launches mission to Jupiter
Source: Physics World NASA has launched a mission to Jupiter that will shed light on the origin and inner structure of the largest planet in our solar system. The $1.1bn Juno probe was launched today from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 12.25 p.m. local time and will now begin a five-year […]
Flowing water may exist on Mars
Source: Physicsworld Liquid water might exist on Mars today, according to a group of scientists in the US. Images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) reveal that dark, narrow, finger-like structures follow slopes in certain regions of the southern hemisphere of the planet during its summer months. The researchers believe […]
Extraterrestrial life could be extremely rare
Source: Physicsworld Just because life emerged early on Earth does not mean that this is likely to occur on other Earth-like planets, says a pair of US astrophysicists. The researchers’ new mathematical model says that life could just as easily be rare – putting a damper on the excitement surrounding […]
Trojan collision may have shaped the Moon
Source: Physicsworld Differences between the near and far sides of the Moon could be the result of a collision between the Moon and a “Trojan” companion that occurred billions of years ago. That is the conclusion of geophysicists in the US and Switzerland who have done computer simulations on how […]
Dawn spacecraft provides striking new images of asteroid Vesta
Source / Credit: CNN (CNN) — The Dawn spacecraft mission could answer some of the big questions about the Big Bang, NASA scientists said Monday as they released the latest images from the mission. Carrying innovative new instrumentation from the Italian and German space agencies, Dawn is providing unprecedented images […]
Was the universe born spinning?
Source: Physicsworld The universe was born spinning and continues to do so around a preferred axis – that is the bold conclusion of physicists in the US who have studied the rotation of more than 15,000 galaxies. While most cosmological theories have suggested that – on a large scale – […]
NASA’S Hubble Makes One Millionth Science Observation
WASHINGTON — NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope crossed another milestone in its space odyssey of exploration and discovery. On Monday, July 4, the Earth-orbiting observatory logged its one millionth science observation during a search for water in an exoplanet’s atmosphere 1,000 light-years away. “For 21 years Hubble has been the premier […]