To ‘if’ or to ‘when’ that is the question – understanding our nearest star, the Sun
Man had been living under the mercy of nature from the days of folklore…
A Tale of Two Eclipses
Sarthak Choudhary On July 29th 1878, residents of Rawlins, USA were ready with their smoked glass to witness a spectacular show of the celestial hide and seek – a total solar eclipse. Astronomers from all over the world had already arrived in the town. Amongst those was a party of astronomers led by Henry Draper…
Experience at IIA and a broad research philosophy
Prashanth Mohan A question one often asks in the context of observations or an experiment is “what does it mean?”. The quest to find an answer opens up multiple paths, some of which are more tedious than others. It is instructive and highly rewarding to travel these paths to learn lessons, search for connections among…
Stillness
Akanksha kapahtia
A tale of hydrogen-deficient stars
Anirban Bhowmick ‘Bhaiyya! Do hydrogen-deficient stars really exist?’ asked Rony with amazement. ‘Yes! Not only do they exist, but they also have different types’ explained Ani. R: ‘Unbelievable! I always thought stars shine due to nuclear fusion of hydrogen and hence they are hydrogen-rich!’ A: ‘It’s not just you, even the astronomers were not ready…
The Universe, An Occult
Bhoomika About the authorBhoomika is a Senior Research Fellow at IIA.
How to know if you are stuck in the “Mirror Universe”?
Priya Goyal This Covid-19 pandemic has forced us to live in a virtual world, where many social activities like teaching, conference presentations, dance training, karate classes (from my personal list), etc. are happening online. While participating in one of these, I am sure that at least once we all would have got confused due to…
Oh… Wind….
(Suman Saha)