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NDTV Exclusive: Axiom-4 Launch Delays Unusual? Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains
SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft, which will carry Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three other crew members to the International Space Station as part of the Axion-4 mission, was delayed again on Wednesday - for the fourth time since May 29.
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Jayant Narlikar: The Astrophysicist Who Received India's Third-Highest Civilian Award At 26
Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, a pioneering figure in Indian science, died aged 87 in Pune on Tuesday.
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Scientists From India, A Telescope In Chile, And An Astronomical Discovery
Astronomers from India have made an intriguing discovery in a unique tri-star solar system located 489 light years from Earth. The discovery will help astrophysicists get a better understanding of planetary formations.
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"Thought It Was Spam Mail": Indian Named In Time's Most Influential List
Astrophysicist Priyamvada Natarajan on Wednesday spoke about being named in TIME's '100 Most Influential People of 2024' list and said that she thought it was "spam mail".
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"Most Spectacular Object": ISRO Discovers "Wings" On Butterfly Nebula
Indian astrophysicists were treated to what they called the "most spectacular objects in the sky" when they discovered ultraviolet wings around the Butterfly Nebula, captured using Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) of AstroSat. A nebula is an interstellar cloud of dust, and gases.
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Google Doodle Celebrates Birthday Of 'Starman' Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Google doodle today celebrates the birth anniversary of legendary India-origin astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. Born in Lahore, in present day Pakistan, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was described as child prodigy. Mr Chandrasekhar won a Nobel Prize for Physics in 1983 "for his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to t...
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Fast Spinning Star Confirms Theory An Indian Scientist Devised 70 Years Ago
Over 70 years after Indian astrophysicist and Nobel laureate Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar predicted that rapidly rotating stars would emit polarised light, scientists in Australia have observed the phenomenon for the first time.
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NASA Finding Bolsters Indian Theory on Black Hole
An Indian astrophysicist says the recent observation by NASA scientists of giant flares of X-rays from a black hole confirms his theory that the so-called black holes are not "true" black holes but actually ultra hot balls of fire like our Sun.
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NDTV Exclusive: Axiom-4 Launch Delays Unusual? Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains
SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft, which will carry Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three other crew members to the International Space Station as part of the Axion-4 mission, was delayed again on Wednesday - for the fourth time since May 29.
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Jayant Narlikar: The Astrophysicist Who Received India's Third-Highest Civilian Award At 26
Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, a pioneering figure in Indian science, died aged 87 in Pune on Tuesday.
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Scientists From India, A Telescope In Chile, And An Astronomical Discovery
Astronomers from India have made an intriguing discovery in a unique tri-star solar system located 489 light years from Earth. The discovery will help astrophysicists get a better understanding of planetary formations.
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"Thought It Was Spam Mail": Indian Named In Time's Most Influential List
Astrophysicist Priyamvada Natarajan on Wednesday spoke about being named in TIME's '100 Most Influential People of 2024' list and said that she thought it was "spam mail".
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"Most Spectacular Object": ISRO Discovers "Wings" On Butterfly Nebula
Indian astrophysicists were treated to what they called the "most spectacular objects in the sky" when they discovered ultraviolet wings around the Butterfly Nebula, captured using Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) of AstroSat. A nebula is an interstellar cloud of dust, and gases.
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Google Doodle Celebrates Birthday Of 'Starman' Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Google doodle today celebrates the birth anniversary of legendary India-origin astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. Born in Lahore, in present day Pakistan, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was described as child prodigy. Mr Chandrasekhar won a Nobel Prize for Physics in 1983 "for his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to t...
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Fast Spinning Star Confirms Theory An Indian Scientist Devised 70 Years Ago
Over 70 years after Indian astrophysicist and Nobel laureate Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar predicted that rapidly rotating stars would emit polarised light, scientists in Australia have observed the phenomenon for the first time.
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NASA Finding Bolsters Indian Theory on Black Hole
An Indian astrophysicist says the recent observation by NASA scientists of giant flares of X-rays from a black hole confirms his theory that the so-called black holes are not "true" black holes but actually ultra hot balls of fire like our Sun.
