Ramya and Sivarani The next decade of astronomy will be led by the discoveries from the upcoming large telescopes, such as the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). TMT will take images and spectra of the faintest and farthest objects in the Universe and will deliver an unprecedented view of the Universe to humankind. TMT is a…
Indian Astronomical Observatory: 25 Years B C Bhatt, Dorje Angchuk & Man Singh In Ladakh, there are only two seasons. One is winter (October to April), and the other is Summer (May to September). That’s why business activities start as soon as the surface transport opens in May, and all resources reach Ladakh in the…
Fazlu Rahman Objects in the Mirror are Closer than they Appear – A very familiar sentence to all of us. Though this is a safety warning written for the drivers who may mistakenly assume that the car behind them, as seen in the mirror is far away, given its small size, it has become a…
R C Kapoor Observing comets from India Although the subject of comets has received space in a few old Indian texts, the description remains confined only to their morphology and the ominous implications. Nowhere is there an allusion as to a specific comet or even a hint that some real-time observations were made. Since 2009,…
Suman Saha Just like the planets in our Solar system orbiting around the Sun, there are planets outside the Solar system orbiting around other stars. They are known as the Exoplanets (or Extra-solar planets). By definition, planets are much smaller than the stars and unlike the stars, they have no direct source of light but…
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….
“Orion Nebula is one of the most famous deep-sky objects, which most beginners in astrophotography target. Even I did the same. My first attempt with Orion Nebula was a single exposure of 30 s, ISO 3200, in December 2018. But the core area got overexposed. Since this was my first attempt on DSO imaging using…
Abstract Art by Maya Prabhakar The knowledge argument (also known as Mary’s room or Mary the super-scientist) is a philosophical thought experiment proposed by Frank Jackson in his article “Epiphenomenal Qualia” (1982) and extended in “What MaryDidn’t Know” (1986). The experiment is intended to argue against physicalism—the view that the universe, including all that is…
Prof. Prajval Shastri speaks on her life journey, memories at IIA, research career, her thoughts on gender disparities in science, science popularization etc. About the Interviewee:Prof. Prajval Shastri is an astrophysicist retired from Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore. She specializes in the area of phenomenology of active galaxies driven by supermassive blackholes using multi-wavelength observations…
