Exploring From Quarks To Quasars
The fall is here in the Northern Hemisphere. The nights are getting longer and colder. With the seasons, even the night sky is in transition. Soon the night sky will be decorated with prominent winter …
Murray Gell-Mann’s contributions to physics On this date, 91 years ago, was born Murray Gell-Mann, notable physicist and Nobel Laureate. Considered as one of the most important figures in the development of the Standard Model …
Story Of Murray Gell-Mann: The Genius Who Peered At Particles And Saw The Universe. Read More »
Since the first lunar occultation of Mars in August, the Red Planet has been in news. It disappeared behind the Moon on August 9 and then on September 6. Although these events were visible from …
Look Up! Mars Is Now Brighter Than Sirius, The Brightest Star In The Night Sky. Read More »
This article on the Stern-Gerlach Experiment is a guest article by Rishabh Sharma, a third-year integrated Ph.D. student from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, pursuing a Ph.D. in experimental High …
Understanding The Experiment That Introduced The Concept Of Spin In Quantum Mechanics. Read More »
Three planets of the solar system are gearing up for their closest approach to the Earth in the coming weeks. They are Neptune, Mars, And Uranus. While Mars and Uranus will be at opposition in …
Neptune Will Make Its Closest Approach To The Earth This Week: 3 Things To Know Read More »
Astronomers have detected what they believe to be the most powerful, most massive, most distant merger of two black holes in the history of the universe, releasing the energy of eight suns. This is an …
Ludwig Boltzmann was one of the elite theoretical physicists of the later nineteenth century. An advocate for the existence of atoms, he is a known face for his role in the development of statistical mechanics. …
Mars is in news these days. A lot! The Red Planet is gearing up for its closest approach to the Earth next month. It is getting brighter day by day. It has already outshone Sirius, …
Watch Mars Disappear Behind The Moon For The Second Time In Just 28 Days. Read More »
It’s a planet fest! September is the month when all the planets will be visible in the sky. While Jupiter and Saturn made their closest approach to the Earth in July and now shine together …
September 2020 – the month of the equinox. The sky is in transition. Soon, it will be dominated by the winter constellations. June, July and August were some of the best months this year for …
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