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 ...

Every year, the spring equinox marks one of the most important turning points in the natural calendar. In 2026, this moment arrives around March 20, when the Sun crosses the celestial equator and day ...

The Eid Al Fitr festival is expected to begin on Friday, March 20, in the UAE and across the Arab world, a leading astronomy ...

In our solar system, Jupiter is the undisputed king. If you added more mass to Jupiter, it wouldn’t actually get much bigger ...

The ancient tradition of watching the night sky to guide farming resumed on Thursday in Maldrogungkar county in Lhasa, Xizang autonomous region, as locals gathered at the Dakpo Observatory to mark the ...

Each spring, amateur astronomers attempt the ultimate stargazing challenge—an overnight quest to spot every galaxy, nebula, ...

Space scientist Maggie Aderin talks telescopes, neurodiversity and being underestimated with Rowan Hooper on the New ...

Bright streaks on a small asteroid moon looked, at first, like a camera problem. They were faint, fan-shaped, and easy to ...

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 ...

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.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has started releasing its first discoveries: including supernovae, variable stars and asteroids ...

Check start and end timings, eclipse duration, do’s and don’ts, and important rules to follow during the Lunar Eclipse.