Exploring From Quarks To Quasars
On December 27, 1956, Chinese-American physicist Chien Wu performed an experiment that shook the physics community. In her experiment, she attested that parity is violated in the weak interaction. This may not sound like a …
Here’s How This Nuclear Physicist Disproved A Crucial Law of Nature. Read More »
If I ask anyone, a primary school student or a doctoral student, to name a few scientists they have heard about extensively, I’m sure no one’s list would be complete without naming Newton in it. …
How One Man Single-handedly Changed The Course of History With His Brilliant Ideas? Read More »
Louis Pasteur once quoted, “Science knows no country because knowledge belongs to humanity and is the torch that illuminates the world.” In 2020, humankind faced several challenges, but they didn’t stop us from exploring the …
10 Thrilling Discoveries in 2020 That Changed Our Understanding of the Universe. Read More »
Some people get to ride the roller coaster bike of their life for only a few years but can significantly impact humankind even in their unfortunately short lifespan. And it wouldn’t be exaggerating if I …
If you love astronomy, then the most awaited day of the year has arrived. Two astronomical events will take place on December 21: the winter solstice and the great conjunction. While the winter solstice occurs …
British physicist Sir Joseph John Thomson was born exactly 164 years ago, in 1856, and is today credited with discovering the first subatomic particle: the electron, which he under-covered in 1897. Other notable discoveries include …
Strangeness In Standard Model Before we try to understand the origin of strange matter and strangeness in physics, let us get familiar with physics’s standard model. The standard model of elementary particles and fundamental forces, …
What Is Strange Matter In Physics And Where Can We Find It In The Universe? Read More »
120 years ago, on the fateful day of Dec 14, 1900, Max Planck presented one of the most revolutionary papers in the history of humankind, the paper that gave birth to the theory of quantum …
120 Years Ago on This Day, Here’s How Quantum Mechanics Was Born. Read More »
Just a few days to go for the most awaited astronomical event of this year, the great conjunction. The year 2020 was an excellent year for those who love sky-gazing. Some of the exciting astronomy …
Just a Few Days Left For a Rare Planetary Alignment Not Seen In 800 Years! Read More »
Three astronomical events are clustered at the weekend: The lunar occultation of Venus, a total solar eclipse, and the Geminid meteor shower. While the occultation and the eclipse can only be seen from a small …
Look Up For Colorful Shooting Stars as Year’s Best Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend. Read More »
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