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First light from the Dark Universe

Posted on December 8, 2023 by ST Editors

by Prasad Ganti Euclid is a space based telescope launched by ESA (European Space Agency) in July 2023. Since then it has traveled to its home at the L2 Lagrangian point in space about a million miles from Earth. And … Continue reading →

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Data formats for Astronomy

Posted on November 6, 2023 by ST Editors

by S. Prasad Ganti A recent article in the journal “Nature” piqued my interest about data formats for data coming from microscopic observations. Wearing my Information Technology hat, I read this article and also explored the different data formats in … Continue reading →

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Gifts from Outer Space

Posted on October 1, 2023 by ST Editors

by S. Prasad Ganti The spacecraft OSIRIS-REx passed close to the Earth to paradrop off a sample of material it scooped from the asteroid Bennu about three years back. The sample has landed safely in the deserts of Utah, while … Continue reading →

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In The Quest For Moonlight

Posted on September 4, 2023 by ST Editors

by S. Prasad Ganti For the Indian moon bound spacecraft, Chandrayaan 3 (meaning moon craft), the second time was a charm. Twenty minutes of terror while hundreds of millions of people waited with baited breath. It touched down softly in … Continue reading →

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Gamma Ray Bursts

Posted on August 6, 2023 by ST Editors

by S. Prasad Ganti The cold war between the US and the Soviet Union gave some insights into some of the violent cosmic explosions in our Universe. In the 1960s, US launched the Vela satellite to detect any nuclear tests … Continue reading →

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Black holes, Entropy, and information

Posted on June 4, 2023 by ST Editors

by S. Prasad Ganti In the century following Albert Einstein’s General theory of relativity, the term “Black holes” entered our lexicon. In addition to a greater understanding, Black holes have been confirmed via indirect means and also photographed in the … Continue reading →

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Before our universe and beyond

Posted on May 1, 2023 by ST Editors

by S. Prasad Ganti Two questions interested me since my early years. One is what happened before ?  Another is what lies beyond ? Scientific advances over the years have lighted these two paths to an extent. But the path … Continue reading →

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What we “see”

Posted on April 1, 2023 by ST Editors

by S. Prasad Ganti We heard in the last couple of lectures how the data from the James Webb telescope is processed by visual specialists using tools like specialized algorithms and Photoshop to come up with the stunning images of … Continue reading →

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Marshall Space Flight Center

Posted on March 5, 2023 by ST Editors

by S. Prasad Ganti Huntsville, Alabama is known as the Rocket City. This is where the rocket scientist Wernher Von Braun worked on designing rockets to fly to the moon. At what is now named as Marshall Space Flight Center, … Continue reading →

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The Rise of The Twin

Posted on January 1, 2023 by ST Editors

Artemis, the twin sister of Apollo, rises after five decades. The recent Artemis mission is NASA’s attempt to send astronauts back to the moon after a lapse of five decades. Continue reading →

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