
Fireball Recorded Over Morocco at 256,000 km/h
A fireball crossed Morocco on October 5. Several Spanish observatories recorded its passage. A preliminary analysis puts its initial speed at 256,000 km/h, or about 71 kilometers per second.

A fireball crossed Morocco on October 5. Several Spanish observatories recorded its passage. A preliminary analysis puts its initial speed at 256,000 km/h, or about 71 kilometers per second.

Tangier will have a front-row seat to an exceptional astronomical phenomenon on August 2, 2027. The city will experience a total solar eclipse , with nearly five minutes during which the Moon will completely obscure the solar disk.

Morocco will witness a major solar eclipse on Wednesday, August 12. The phenomenon will peak shortly before 8 p.m., after which the Sun will disappear below the horizon while the Moon still hides part of it.

Morocco is entering the history of the new race to the stars. By ratifying a strategic agreement with the United States, the Kingdom becomes the first North African nation to join the prestigious Artemis exploration program .

Like several astronauts around the world, the Oukaimeden Observatory, which is part of Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakech, was also able to observe the brightest "gamma" light flash ever detected, emitted at a distance of 2.4 billion light-years from Earth. This is a rare event.

The American space agency NASA published this Friday on its Instagram account a colorful satellite image that arouses curiosity and elicits admiration from Internet users. This shot, taken at the level of the Anti-Atlas mountains, located in the southwest of Morocco , has already collected more than 540,000 likes since its publication.

The American Space Agency (NASA) proceeded, on Thursday, to the launch of its mission called "Perseverance". A new exploration to the planet Mars, in which the Moroccan scientist Kamal Oudrhiri is participating.

NASA has recently published a new colorful image of the Anti-Atlas mountains in Morocco. This image has generated many comments from internet users.

Kamal Oudrhiri was awarded the prestigious Medal of Exceptional Service, for his performance and the multiple contributions of this scientist to NASA’s projects and programs.

The Space camp is welcoming twelve Moroccan students from the Ecole Hassania des Travaux publics. These candidates, who will discover the professions of space and the NASA space shuttle, will be able to become familiar with this field and gain experience for the Kingdom.