By Nidhal Guessoum In glaring contrast to its rich history, Arab astronomy today is in a miserable state, by all indicators. There is good potential,…

With all our advances in astronomy, is there no simple, scientific solution to the annual saga of “when do we start the month of Ramadan”,…

Fruits of the Past & Present On July 16, 2014, the United Arab Emirates’ leadership announced the creation of a UAE space agency and an…

If we do find even primitive life in one of our neighbouring star-planet systems, then the Milky Way must statistically be full of life — some of it probably quite advanced elsewhere

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Astronomical calculations have determined accurately when it starts every year since 1993

American University of Sharjah (AUS) held a high-impact seminar entitled Steps for an Arab Astronomy Renaissance at its campus on May 14. The event, which…

American University of Sharjah, Nature Publishing Group and Dubai Astronomy Group are organizing this public seminar. Highlights of the seminar will include: An introduction by…

We know focus to modern cosmology to illustrate how recurrent puzzles point at the nature of reality. We live in a very peculiar epoch for…

It entails high technological capability, great educational goals, knowledge- and science-based economy and a grand strategic vision In the past few weeks, several impressive developments…

Arab Muslim countries need a new generation of observatories to rejoin the forefront of the field, says Nidhal Guessoum. Islamic astronomy enjoyed a golden age…

By Nidhal Guessoum, Kiram Meziane In the Islamic calendar, a new month starts the day after the first naked-eye sighting of the thin crescent, shortly…