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…
Amit Kumar I would like to share the heart holding experience of my first Space Project, UVIT on ASTROSAT. It was 30th November 2015. We had finished all the major checks on UVIT payload when its doors were closed. Just to remind the readers, ASTROSAT was launched on 29th September 2015 from ISRO space centre…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Bhoomika About the authorBhoomika is a Senior Research Fellow at IIA.
