By Ningthoujam Dipak Singh Cosmofluencer (Season 2) Andromeda Galaxy imaged from 12,500 feet in California’s White Mountains A galaxy is a vast cosmic assembly of stars, dust, gas, and dark matter held together by gravity. Galaxies range in size from small dwarf galaxies to massive ones with trillions of stars, exhibiting diverse shapes like spirals […]
By Amogh Sadvelkar Cosmofluencer (Season 2) For millennia, humanity has gazed at the stars, captivated by their mysteries and seeking answers to the universe’s deepest questions. While telescopes have long been our eyes in the cosmos, the vast amount of data they generate has always posed a challenge. However, in recent years, two powerful tools […]
By Ashfaq Ali M S Cosmofluencer (Season 2) An ancient black hole, 13.2 billion light-years away. We see it just 470 million years after the big bang. Found by Chandra using X-rays & JWST using infrared, shared by Chris Hadfield on Instagram New research has led us to find the oldest black hole yet. The […]
By Siri Paramesh Cosmofluencer (Season 2) The cosmos contains many enigmatic things born from the remnants after the demise of massive stars. These mysterious objects beckon us to unravel the mysteries of the universe. Let us navigate the frontiers of Astrophysics and delve into the unique properties and phenomena that define these stellar remnants. What […]
By Anjana Ravishankar Cosmofluencer (Season 2) Expeditions to locate evidence of life beyond our home planet have always interested mankind. The hunt for extraterrestrial or alien life began in the 1960s, as greater progress began in space technology. The study of life traces outside, beyond this biosphere falls under the science of ‘Astrobiology’. PSR B1257+12 […]
By Ashfaq Ali Cosmofluencer (Season 2) When the three heavenly bodies we are most familiar with, the Sun, the Moon and the Earth, floating in their orbit form a particular arrangement, a phenomenon called the eclipse occurs. Derived from ancient Greek ‘ekleípō’, meaning to vanish or to abandon, an eclipse is a phenomenon which […]
By Kaavya Kochar – Cosmofluencer (Season 01), first published on December 7, 2022 From the collision of galaxies to the birth of black holes, the creation of a multi-million dollar Hollywood movie to the dropping of fruits on unaware scientists, gravity governs the interaction between all sorts of massive objects. With its effects resonating throughout […]
By Naman Sheth – Cosmofluencer (Season 01), first published on December 24, 2022 Gaganyaan is India’s FIRST Human space flight mission. It was previously planned in the year 2020 but due to covid-19 it was delayed. The new launch date has been set to 2024 (crewed). Gaganyaan is one of ISRO’s flagship missions and […]
By Raumit Raj – Cosmofluencer (Season 01), first published on December 24, 2022 Communication between Mars Rover and the Earth’s Space centre is a complex process that involves many different technologies and systems. The Mars Rover, a spacecraft designed to explore the surface of Mars, is equipped with a set of antennas and transmitters that […]
By Shagun Thakur – Cosmofluencer (Season 01), first published on October 21, 2022 We live in a Universe full of mysteries and enigmas, which always causes curious minds and researchers to ‘scratch their heads’ in search of the most powerful impetus. We don’t know if we’re in a shadow universe or a holographic universe, but […]