By adhering to such stringent observation protocols, the court ensures that the date of Aïd el-Fitr remains accurate and in line with both religious traditions and astronomical practices. This ...

The Australian Fatwa Council announces date for first day of Eid-ul-Fitr in Australia, based on astronomical data for Shawwal ...

Euclid has opened a new window to the cosmos with its first deep sky data release, revealing millions of galaxies, ...

Skygazers across a broad swathe of the Northern Hemisphere will have a chance to see the Moon take a bite out of the Sun on Saturday when a partial solar ...

The moon dims, the meteors fly, and the planets dance—these are the most exciting celestial events happening this month.

Swarms of satellites launched by SpaceX and other companies are disrupting astronomical observations. Here's how scientists ...

Scientists suspected the ice giant hosted auroras—and had already observed them on Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. But an ...

(if going by patent filings) of the telescope to finally see Neptune's auroras, and it's thanks to NASA's James Webb Space ...

The James Webb Space Telescope identified the lights in the distant planet’s atmosphere, which could not be seen by earlier ...

The majority of countries will attempt to sight the crescent moon of Shawwal (Eid Al-Fitr 1446 AH) on Saturday, March 29, ...

On 19 March 2025, the European Space Agency's Euclid mission releases its first batch of survey data, including a preview of ...

As well as some of the darkest skies on the U.S. East Coast, it's also the nation's southernmost point. At 24.5 degrees north ...