Maldives Science Society meets the Envoy for Science and Technology

Maldives Science Society has held a meeting with the Envoy for Science and Technology, Mr. Ahmed Shafeeq Ibrahim Moosa. The meeting was held at the President’s Office on 26 january 2010.
The President incumbent Mr. Mohamed Ijaz and Secretary General Mr. Ajmal Shaheed attended the meeting on behalf of the Maldives Science Society.
During the meeting the [...]

Beauty Without Borders – Hello Red Planet!

If you’ve been outside after it gets dark lately, you may have noticed the brilliant reddish star in the east. But that’s no star; it’s Mars! About every year and a half, the Earth passes Mars as they both orbit the Sun, very much like how a faster racing car on the inside track laps [...]

Allais Effect and the Iasoberg Model – A presentation on the eclipse experiment

A presentation given on what the scientists were researching on during the eclipse by Ed Oberg and Prof. Hector Munera .
Edward Oberg, mechanical engineer / project manager (retired), Sydney, Australia
He is here to observe the progress of the pendulum experiments during the solar eclipse and to correlate the results with the Iasoberg Model (www.iasoberg.com), a [...]

The Maldives hosting the greatest gathering of pendulum specialists ever

The longest lasting annular solar eclipse of the millenium will occur on 15th January 2010. In fact, this will be the longest annular eclipse until the year 3043!
The Maldive Islands will receive a longer period of eclipse than any other country with over 10 minutes and 50 seconds of annularity.
During solar eclipses, there have been [...]

January 15th 2010, Solar Eclipse viewing, Maldives

DATE: Friday, 15 January 2010
TIME: 10:00 – 14:30
LOCATION:  Back of Dharubaaruge, (Usfasgandu)

The longest lasting annular solar eclipse of this millennium will occur on 15 January 2010. It will also be the longest annular eclipse until the year 3043. It is not only the longest Annular eclipse, but also the longest solar eclipse for the next ten centuries, [...]

Announcement: Ordering eclipse viewing glass

The Maldives Science Society has a limited stock of special eclipse viewing glasses which we are putting up for sale to the public at a special price of MRF 35 MRF 80. If you wish to purchase this eclipse glasses please fill the eclipse glass order form. MSS will contact you sometime this week to [...]

Ten Minutes of Perspective – The longest lasting annular solar eclipse of this millennium

The annular solar eclipse (also known as a ring-formed eclipse) occurs when only a ring of the sun can still be seen around the edge of the moon. This happens when the moon’s orbit is farther away from the Earth than average, making it appear too small to cover the sun completely.

Announcement: First General Assembly

Maldives Science Society is to hold its first General Assembly on 25 January 2010. The Governing board would be elected at this assembly. The positions elected are the positions listed in the regulations of the Society.
Hence, all those who would like to stand for posts of the Governing Board and has applied for membership are [...]

Website Launched For Astronomers to Report Observations Of Unexplained Aerospace Phenomena

A website has been launched that will give amateur and professional astronomers a formal mechanism for reporting any unexplained phenomena they observe when studying the night sky. Within the framework of International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009), the Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena (UAP) Observations Reporting Scheme aims to provide a global focus for sightings by astronomers [...]

Maldives Science Society now open for membership.

Those who wish to become members can fill in the online application form located on “Become a member” page.

Maldives Science Society is a registered non-profit/non-government organization with a mission to foster enlightenment and enthusiasm through organized activities for science and its cognate disciplines, and set up an intellectual ambiance that would lay the foundations for scientific creativity, research and discovery in the Maldives.