ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has announced the schedule for solar and lunar eclipses that will take place in 2026, confirming that the country will witness only one of these celestial events. According to the PMD’s statement, two solar and two lunar eclipses are expected during the year. Out of these, only one lunar […]
ASTRONOMY
Astronomy camp commences at IST
ISLAMABAD: The first-ever Astronomy Camp commenced at Institute of Space Technology (IST) on Friday. The three-day camp organized by Space Education Research Lab, National Center of GIS and Space Applications (NCGSA), Institute of Space Technology (IST) will conclude on March 20. The camp is engaging the students of grade 8 to 12 in enthralling domains […]
Astronomy owes much to us
Astronomy started during the early period of the Abbasid Caliphate. It was much influenced by Sidhanta, a work in Sanskrit brought from India to Baghdad and translated into Arabic by Ibn Ibrahim al-Fazari (796 AD) and al-Khwarizmi. Pahlavi tables (zij) compiled during the Sasanid period (224-651 AD) and Greek astronomical works translated during this period […]
NASA reports trouble with Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope, which has been peering into the universe for more than 30 years, has been down for the past few days, NASA said Friday. The problem is a payload computer that stopped working last Sunday, the US space agency said. It insisted the telescope itself and scientific instruments that accompany it are […]