No direct observations of any star exceed the Chandrasekhar limit. The theoretical physicist's calculations have helped so far to understand supernovas, neutron stars, and black holes.
In a 2015 'Walk the Talk' with Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta, the legendary astrophysicist who died Tuesday explained his thoughts on Big Bang & how curiosity keeps a scientist young.
When the planetary parade was at its best view in Kolkata, Bengaluru and Dehradun, the national capital recorded an AQI of 289. Light rain also impacted visibility in some parts of the city.
By mid-February, Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn, already visible to the naked eye, will be joined by Mercury, Neptune & Uranus in a rare 'planetary parade', officially called a syzygy.
Kathryn’s Wheel was formed due to collision of 2 galaxies, but study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters notes that star formation alone doesn't explain gamma ray emission.
Daksha would be an invaluable tool to study flares from the Sun, X-rays from certain pulsating neutron stars, gamma-ray lightnings in the Earth's atmosphere, and so on.
US will have clearest view, with Canada & Mexico also being able to sight phenomenon. Partial eclipse will be visible over northern parts of South America, Caribbean islands.
Aarush Mishra, Siddharth Kumar Gopal and Satwik Patnaik secured gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively, at the 2nd IOAA-Jr, an international competition of astronomy & astrophysics.
Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.
The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.
Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.
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