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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
TopicAstronomers

Topic: astronomers

Apple snails can regrow their eyes & lithium plays a critical role in our bodies, not just in EVs

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Astronomer CEO Andy Byron resigns after viral Coldplay kiss cam video scandal

Byron ducked and covered his face when he was seen on the kiss cam while in an intimate embrace with Astronomer's chief people officer Kristin Cabot.

Astronomy conferences generated 42,000 tonnes CO2 in 2019, virtual or local meets could help cut this

For the study published in journal PNAS Nexus, researchers calculated emissions from flights, trains taken by international astronomy community for 362 open academic conferences & schools.

Stunning explosion in the sky, closest supernova to Earth in 5 yrs offers new celestial treat

SN 2023ixf, first detected on 19 May, is the death of a star that was many times larger and more massive than our Sun, located nearly 21 million light years away from Earth.

4 awards, pavilion of its own — India dazzles at world’s largest astronomy meet in South Korea

First time Indian PhD students have won prizes at the International Astronomical Union's General Assembly. All prizes won for work on topics related to solar research.

On Camera

Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.