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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…
Speeding and inflating Solar eruptions blame Lorentz force, but bothers us !!!
Satabdwa Majumdar “Ah! Mani da, great that I finally meet you here.”, exclaimed a briskly walking stranger on seeing Dr Manibhushan Mukhopadhyay (seldom called Mani da in his neighbourhood). As the stranger continued “I was planning to come to your house to discuss on the agenda of this year’s Durga puja, as we are..” Manibhushan…
How many nights does it take to count the stars?
Indu Gopalakrishnan One fine morning, 14 years ago, I walked into the Indian Institute of Astrophysics to attend my first ever interview as a research trainee. I had a file with all my certificates and scorecards arranged neatly in it that I held so tight to my chest, hoping that the good credentials I earned…
My life at IIA
Vaibhav Pant I have always had a fascination towards science since my childhood. I used to study books and articles related to scientific theories and discoveries as a child. After finishing secondary school, I took up Mathematics and Biology since I did not want to miss out on any stream of science. I joined St….
