"Now things have definitely changed. I was on a project where there was a #MeToo incident and there was no hesitation, (the perpetrator) was immediately removed,"
December 13, 2021Experiences of the disaster and its aftermath, and the meaning people take from them, have varied.
June 28, 2021On April 18, 2018, NASA launched its planet hunting device named Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, into space, aided by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
August 9, 2018It’s official; the sun has now died. The Council has informed that the last of the hydrogen in its core was used up only minutes ago, and from now on, the long and arduous history of our exile begins. Well, I say our exile, but here I am, still in my anti-thermal suit, perched on …
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July 15, 2018Bollywood producer and entrepreneur Ronnie Screwvala doesn’t mince words to censure the practice of selling satellite rights and rights to a digital medium before a film opens in theatres. He says producers are “killing the industry” by adopting this business model, as it is a big threat to the existence of theatres in India. “The …
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January 15, 2018Scientists have found a star that is almost identical to the Sun, except for the chemical composition, making it a ‘Rosetta Stone’ for the study of the solar body’s variability and effect on the Earth’s climate. The spots on the surface of the Sun come and go with an 11-year periodicity known as the solar …
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January 9, 2018Rajesh Tailang says his “Haseena Parkar” co-star Shraddha Kapoor never behaved like a star on the forthcoming film’s set. “Working with Shraddha was a very nice experience because she is very down to earth. She never behaved like a star and she has done remarkable work in ‘Haseena Parkar,” Rajesh said in a statement. “Haseena …
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September 4, 2017Astronomers have captured the first detailed images of the surface and atmosphere of a star outside the solar system, a report said. Images of Antares, a red supergiant, more than 500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpio, have been captured, reported Nature magazine. The team obtained the images using the European Southern Observatory’s Very …
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August 24, 2017Astronomers have detected mysterious radio signals coming from the direction of a small, dim star located about 11 light-years from Earth. The signals came from a red dwarf star – Ross 128 (GJ 447) – which is around 2,800 times dimmer than the Sun and is not yet known to have any planets, researchers said. …
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July 17, 2017Scientists have discovered the smallest known star in the universe – slightly larger than Saturn in size – which may possibly have Earth-sized planets with liquid water in its orbit. Researchers from University of Cambridge in the UK identified the star located about six hundred light years away, called EBLM J0555-57Ab as it passed in …
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July 12, 2017The birth of a star can be a violent and explosive event. Around 500 years ago, a pair of young stars had a close encounter that blasted them apart. This event has been recorded by astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimetre/ submillimetre Array (Alma), a gigantic array of radio telescopes situated in the famous highaltitude …
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May 9, 2017