ISLAMABAD: Chinese scientists have discovered a new lunar mineral through research on the samples retrieved from the Moon by China’s Chang’e-5 mission, the China National Space Administr ation (CNSA) and the China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA) jointly announced Friday. This is the first new mineral discovered on the Moon by China, and the sixth by […]
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Safar-ul-Muzaffar moon sighted
ISLAMABAD: Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Chairman Maulana Syed Muhammad Abdul Khabir Azad on Sunday evening announced that the moon of Safar-ul-Muzaffar had sighted and Safar 1, 1444 AH, shall commence from Monday, August 29, 2022. He said the weather condition was cloudy at most of the areas of the country, however, it remain clear at some […]
Muharram 2022: Moon not sighted, Ashura to be marked on August 9
Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee on Friday could not sight the Muharram-ul-Haram moon, which will mark the beginning of the new Islamic year, 1444 AH. Youm-e-Ashura will be observed on August 9 and the first of Muharram will be Sunday. Moulana Syed Muhammad Abdul Khabir Azad presided over the meeting of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, which took […]
India launches historic bid to put spacecraft on Moon
India launched a bid to become a leading space power Monday, sending up a rocket to put a craft on the surface of the Moon in what it called a “historic day” for the nation. Chandrayaan-2 — or Moon Chariot 2 — took off on time at 2:43 pm (0913 GMT) from the Satish Dhawan […]
Hometown of first on moon ready to launch 50th celebration
A small Ohio city is shooting for the moon in celebrating its native son’s history-making walk 50 years ago this month. The hometown of Neil Armstrong has expanded its usual weekend “summer moon festival” to 10 days of Apollo 11 commemorations . Tens of thousands of visitors – the biggest crowds here since Armstrong’s post-mission […]
Impromptu dance marks historic summit between Kim, Moon
It was a historic handshake that Koreans had waited more than a decade to see — and it sparked a completely unscripted dance with the two leaders hopping back and forth over the border that divides their nations. Everything about the inter-Korean summit had been minutely choreographed and rehearsed but the North’s Kim Jong Un […]