Moroccan researchers study the composition and density of the TRAPPIST-1 planets

Morocco has been associated with the discovery of seven planets orbiting around a dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1. The Oukaimeden Observatory has also participated in a new study which examines the composition and density of these planets that are the same size as ours.

Muslim scholars knew that the Earth was round

Way before Man stepped on the moon and gazed afar at our planet, Muslim scholars knew that the Earth was round. While many people still think that the Earth is flat, several Arab scientists tried to prove the opposite, years before this realization dawned on Galileo.