Tag: Astronomy
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IIT Hyderabad establishes astronomical observatory for public outreach
The telescope, which comes with a Crayford focuser, and 1650 mm focal length, also boasts of a 355 mm optical diameter mirror which is the second largest among the IITs, after Kanpur.
August 16, 2021 -
Forge successful, productive careers
Richard de Grijs, professor, Macquarie University, Australia, talks about the benefits for Indian students in considering a major in astronomy and astrophysics.
August 21, 2018 -
Springdales sets up ‘Atal Tinkering Laboratory’ to heighten innovation
“Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow,” Physicist William Pollard once said. Taking inspiration from it, the Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan, on Wednesday set up the Atal Tinkering Laboratory under the patronage of Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog. “I feel happy …
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August 24, 2017 -
Indian astronomers discover massive ‘Saraswati’ galaxy supercluster
A team of Indian astronomers have identified a previously unknown, extremely large supercluster of galaxies located in the direction of the constellation Pisces. They have named it "Saraswati" after the Hindu goddess of knowledge. "Saraswati" is one of the largest known structures in the nearby universe, and is at a distance of 4,000 million light-years …
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July 15, 2017 -
Milky Way’s fastest stars came from another galaxy
Astronomers have shown that the fastest-moving stars in our galaxy, known as hypervelocity stars, are in fact runaways from a much smaller galaxy in orbit around our own. These stellar sprinters originated in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a dwarf galaxy in orbit around the Milky Way, the findings showed. These fast-moving stars were able …
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July 5, 2017 -
Where did they come from?
As one of Shakespeare’s characters feels, life is a twice-told tale vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. We use countless hazy and humdrum words to carry on and carry out this tiresome phenomenon called life, and we sometimes become so sick of them that we prefer silence for avoiding deadly monotony of speech. …
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May 6, 2017 -
Astronomers spot rare pulsating star 7,000 light years away
Astronomers have spotted a rare pulsating star which is expanding and contracting in three different directions simultaneously. It is situated 7,000 light years away from Earth in the constellation Pegasus, said astronomer Farley Ferrante, a member of the team that made the discovery at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. The star is one that …
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February 15, 2017 -
Mysterious radio burst helps astronomers map cosmic web
A brief burst of radiation that travelled at least a billion light years through space to reach an Australian radio telescope contains detailed information about the cosmic web – the swirling gases and magnetic fields between galaxies — regarded as the fabric of the universe, say scientists. The flash, known as a Fast Radio Burst …
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November 18, 2016