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Month: January 2015

Astronomers find colossal ring system putting Saturn’s to shame

An astronomy professor at the University of Leiden, Ignas Snellen,called brown dwarfs ‘failed stars‘ because they were too […]

January 27, 2015 Science

Astronomers find colossal ring system dwarfing Saturn’s

An astronomy professor at the University of Leiden, Ignas Snellen,called brown dwarfs ‘failed stars‘ because they were too […]

January 27, 2015 Science

Rosetta’s comet sheds its coat for warmer times

Fascinating things are happening to the world’s most-watched comet, 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, as it approaches the Sun. A new study from […]

January 27, 2015 Science

Why does sodium react so explosively with water?

In January 1947, the American War Assets Administration dumped drums of sodium left over after the end of […]

January 27, 2015 Science

Caution: This piece contains a lot of mentions of the word ‘jargon’.

When writing one of my first pieces for The Hindu, I remember being called out for using a […]

January 25, 2015 Scicomm

HESS telescopes discover new source of gamma rays called a superbubble

Astronomers using the HESS telescopes have discovered a new source of high-energy gamma rays. Dubbed a superbubble, it […]

January 23, 2015 Science

‘Nothing in the history of science is ever simple’

Once I finished Steven Weinberg’s book Dreams of a Final Theory, I figured I’d write a long-winding review about what […]

January 21, 2015 Scicomm

Curious Bends – Lack of scientific temper, Sikkim’s gamble, disappearing rare fauna and more

1. Will the most advanced Indian state’s gamble payoff? “Sikkim’s own energy needs of 409 megawatts (MW) were met […]

January 20, 2015 Science

Debating the business of beauty in ‘Dreams of a Final Theory’

In his book Dreams of a Final Theory, Nobel-Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg discusses the various aspects of the […]

January 18, 2015 Life notes

Astronomers strike gold with find of unique star-system only 150 ly away

Even after the loss of a critical stabilization system on-board, the NASA Kepler space telescope has made an […]

January 18, 2015 Science

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