Sandeep Kataria Bars are ubiquitous features in the disk galaxies. Observations show that around 2/3 of the disk galaxies in the observable universe (optical and infrared) have a bar in their central region. Bars are thought to be formed as a result of global instability in the disk, which traps eccentric orbits of the stars…
Prof. B. C. Bhatt, Dorje Angchuk, and Man Singh Preamble Under the Himalayan Infrared Optical Telescope (HIROT) project, first team of IIA landed Leh in November 1994 and with initial acclimatization in high altitude and cold weather, this team arrived Hanle in December 1995. We pitched our setup in a mud-hut in the premises of…
Soumya Sengupta Gaussian or Normal Distribution is the most common of all the probability distributions in the sense that the heights of the boys in a classroom, the errors in any experiments, or the probability of acceptance of your proposal (in your company or in love affairs) all follow the Gaussian distribution. De Moivre first reported…
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Chayan Mondal Seeing the night sky filled with uncountable stars always amazes the one who loves to see it. The journey of exploring this vast universe begins its first footstep with the introduction of the night sky. The experience of observing it starts adding the colours to the canvas of imagination. The more you get…
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…
Bhoomika About the authorBhoomika is a Senior Research Fellow at IIA.
Fazlu Rahman The journey started around 7 PM CET from the Trento station. The white Volvo bus began ascending the curly routes and curvy paths, while we were busy making new friends. We were around fifty students, doing masters and PhD in different parts of the globe, came to attend the 13th version of Tonale…
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…
