In 2015, when LIGO detected gravitational waves directly for the first time, it was nothing less than a milestone in the history of physics. Einstein’s predictions were proved true, which was a big deal in itself. But, what are these …
Going by the dictionary definition, a quasar is a massive and extremely remote celestial object that emits large amounts of energy. A quasar typically has a star-like image in a telescope. But, contrary to showing stellar phenomenon, they are strong …
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Nature never fails to astonish us with its beauty and one such beautiful creation of nature is a nebula. So, in today’s article of the Basics Astrophysics series, we will delve into the beauty and types of these magnificent objects called …
Whenever we look at the night sky, all the stars appear alike, and everything seems very calm and peaceful. But wait! this is not the exact picture of what lies and what is happening in the heavens above. The actual …
Almost a year ago, when the first-ever image of a black hole in our neighboring galaxy was released, the whole world went crazy for it. I know, you too! So now, after studying Stellar Astrophysics in detail in the last …
/ Maths, ScientistsThis article on Ramanujan is a guest article by Radhika Bangar from Maharashtra, India. “An equation means nothing to me unless it expresses a thought of God.” In the history of Mathematics, this name is still applauded with great respect …
On April 23, 1858, a child was born into an intellectual family of lawyers and theologians in Northern Germany. But who knew that one day, this child would change the entire world’s way of looking at things by revolutionizing the …
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If you want to reach somewhere, what is the most important thing that you must know? You need to know about the specific coordinates of that place, that is, the address of that place. To analyze any object, to focus …
Today, we know how our neighboring world looks like, we know how beautiful this universe is, we know about the number of exoplanets lurking in our universe, we have seen the magnificent supernovas and we have our first image of …
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“We are soon going to get the world’s most powerful Quantum Computer”, Well…headlines like this about the Quantum computers have become quite common these days. When Charles Babbage conceived the idea of programmable computers in the 19th century, who knew, …
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/ PhysicsWhenever, it comes to classifying the materials on the basis of their electrical properties, we usually classify them into three categories, i.e. Insulators, Semi-conductors and Conductors. But you know what, apart from these three basic categories, we also have an …
