A new lecture series at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will honor one of the most influential figures in the city’s astronomy history while bringing a distinguished alumnus back to the ...

The International Astronomy Center has revealed its predictions regarding the sighting of the crescent moon of the month of Shawwal 1447 AH determining the beginning of Eid al-Fitrin various countries ...

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After years of investments, African telescopes are emerging as global leaders in frontier astronomy. From South Africa’s MeerKAT capturing the universe’s most distant gigamaser to Ghana’s radio ...

Between May 2023 and January 2024, a global network of gravitational-wave detectors picked up 128 new cosmic signals, more than doubling the entire catalog built across the previous decade. The ...

The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors—a small, gas-rich galaxy visible to the ...

Utahraptor State Park is named for a famous dinosaur. But it has even more to offer.

To understand how we started counting, and still count today, 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in an hour and 60 seconds in a minute, though, we need to wind the clock back to an era before the dawn of ...

Eid-ul-Fitr 2026 Moon Sighting highlights: With the moon not sighted on Wednesday, Muslims in Saudi Arabia will observe one more day of fasting on Thursday before celebrating Eid on Friday.

Moon Sighting Guide 2026:Countries such as India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, along with other parts of South Asia, usually ...

The stars aligned last week at the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association's beginning astronomy workshop. The association held a Family Astronomy Night on Dec. 20 at the Murphy-Wilmot Library, 530 N.

Several countries, including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Turkey, and Australia, have confirmed Friday, March 20, as the first day of Eid Al Fitr 1447 AH. The de ...