The Shining Eyes
Anand M N It was a school project on lunar observation that motivated me, an 11th standard boy, to serious star gazing. Till then, I used to see the twinkling stars, but not too keen about knowing them. That project gave me an opportunity to meet amateur astronomers and science enthusiasts outside my school. With…
Detection of a dead companion to a Vampire star in the Globular Cluster of our Galaxy
Snehalata Sahu Have you ever heard of a vampire-like star existing in our Universe? If not, then you are missing the story of one of the most exciting types of stars, known as “Blue Straggler Stars” (BSSs). They are called so because they appear blue in color and straggle or lag in age behind their ancient neighbors, which…
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…
Passo del Tonale – The Story of a Winter School
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…
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…
Meeting the Milky Way…
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…
Oh… Wind….
(Suman Saha)