Exploring From Quarks To Quasars
This article on science with telescopes is a guest article by Vishnu Unni. C, a research trainee in optics at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA). Introduction Telescope is an important instrument that has helped …
In the series of Basics of Astrophysics, today we are going to discuss a very important mathematical tool. This tool is known as Saha’s Equation. This equation laid the foundation of a very prominent branch of …
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This article on Hawking radiation from black holes is a guest article by Ariana Vlad, senior at the International Computers High School of Bucharest, Romania, where she focuses on studying Physics and Mathematics. Background In …
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When you study Astrophysics, especially the stars, it is impossible not to stumble upon the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. In the tenth article of Basics of Astrophysics series, we will be learning about the most important diagram …
This 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 …
This is the ninth article of Basics of Astrophysics series and the journey so far has been exciting. We started from the basic question: What is astrophysics? We then learned about the basic tools and …
I feel honored to make a pick of Hubble’s impressive archive of images, on its 30th birthday. Hubble definitely was a contributing factor to my love for astronomy. And I believe I’m not the only …
When we look up in the sky, we see different celestial objects. Some are very bright (the Sun and the Moon) while others are barely visible with the naked eye (the nebulae and the faint …
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 …
In the previous article of the series, we started our journey of core astrophysics by learning about the redshifts. Today I’m going to shed light on a very important law of physics that is simple …
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Stephen Hawking was one of the most influential scientists to exist in the history of humankind. He was born on January 8, 1942, in England (exactly 300 years after the death of Galileo Galilee), and …
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In the second article of the series (EM Spectrum and Astrophysics), we saw how the spectrum is the most important tool for an Astrophysicist to decode the Universe. There is a lot of information we …
Suppose, you are reading a really long text in a bid to understand something. What happens? Slowly, you start feeling dull and bored. Your eyes and mind become saturated. Isn’t it? But, if you find …
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 …