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Jayant Vishnu Narlikar: The great astrophysicist believed it’s essential to have voices who question mainstream dogmaIn 1995, Fred Hoyle honored Jayant Narlikar, acknowledging his significant contributions to astronomy, particularly the Hoyle-Narlikar theo...
Jayant Narlikar: The man who sifted through stardustJayant Narlikar, a renowned Indian scientist, passed away. He was famous for his work in cosmology. Narlikar was also known for his science...
Jayant Narlikar passes away at 87, who was the celebrated astrophysicist, Padma Vibhushan awardee?Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, a distinguished astrophysicist and science communicator, has died at 87. Globally recognized for his cosmology cont...
NASA and AstroSat capture explosive eruptions from stellar remnants near massive black holeAn international team of astronomers, including experts from Pune’s IUCAA, has made significant strides in understanding black hole-star dy...
22 Indian-origin scientists to take up collaborative research with institutes in countryThe Ministry of Science and Technology also made an offer to top scientists Arogyaswami J Paulraj and Prof. Jitendra Malik to take up colla...
Young scientists get their place in the sun with Aditya-L1 launchA couple of students from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, a student and engineer from the Centre of Excellence in Space Sciences, Kol...
Pune-based IUCAA scientists behind Aditya L1's SUIT payload say they're eager for data on UV rays to study sun-climate relationshipDurgesh Tripathi and AN Ramaprakash, who have dedicated the past 10 years to develop the Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT), one of...
- Diwali gift from scientists: Cosmic clues to gold's origin
Kolkata/New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Celebrating Dhanteras? Have you ever wondered where did the gold in your jewellery come from? A cosmic coo...
Meet the Indian astrophysicists who discovered the Saraswati SuperclusterAmong the major challenges in working in this field in India is the lack of large-scale experimental facilities for scientists.
Indian scientists discover 'Saraswati' -- a supercluster of galaxiesThis is one of the largest known structures in the neighbourhood of the universe, 4,000 million light-years away from Earth and roughly mor...
- 'Black hole man of India' C.V. Vishveshwara dead
Kolkata/Bengaluru, Jan 17 (IANS) Veteran scientist C.V. Vishveshwara, known as a pioneer in black hole research in India, has died, researc...
Infosys Foundation announces Rs6.5 crore endowment to the Inter-University Center of Astronomy and AstrophysicsThe IUCAA is an autonomous institution set up by the UGC to promote the nucleation and growth of active groups in astronomy and astrophysic...
- Observatory to detect cosmic gravitational waves to come up in Maharashtra
Aurangabad, Oct 4 (IANS) The Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) -- a giant facility to detect cosmic gravitational ...
Einstein's gravitational waves detected for the second timeA LIGO has been set up, to detect the gravitational waves. It is a system of two identical detectors carefully constructed to detect incred...
India, US sign MoU for setting up LIGO observatory in IndiaIndia and the US today signed an MoU for establishing Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in India that will play si...
LIGO India could be operational by 2023: US scientistScientists have made trips to India to work with Indian colleagues, especially with three nodal institutes that would have primary responsi...
Gravitational waves: It’s all about extracting wave signal from noise, says scientist Sanjeev Dhurandhar"In 1916, Einstein had thought that detection of these waves was extremely difficult, but technology has improved," said Dhurandhar.
Gravitational waves discovery: Indian scientists' role hailedAnil Kakodkar today congratulated the team of Indian scientists who contributed to the research on gravitational waves.
Intolerance: Scientists urge President Pranab Mukherjee to initiate suitable action"We, the scientists, are concerned about the recent developments with reference to intolerance, polarisation and spread of communal hatred ...
Construction on 30 Meter Telescope with Indian support beginsThe gigantic telescope, scheduled to be ready by 2020, will provide astronomers with unparalleled power to observe the intricacies of the u...