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The Man Who Said No To The Big Bang

 Jayant Narlikar wrote alternative what-if histories, explained difficult scientific theories with funny analogies, and leavened his lectures with jokes and humorous asides. Illustration: Dominic......

School students in India discover 18 new asteroids

 The International Astronomical Union (IAU), an organisation which assigns official names and designations to celestial bodies, has recently confirmed the discovery of 18 new asteroids by Indian......

Pluto no longer a planet

 The International Astronomical Union on Thursday set a new definition for the word planet, which excludes Pluto. Scientists at the Union, last week talked of a move to expand the definition of the......

Big 'Planet X' may exist beyond Pluto: Study

 An unknown world might exist beyond the orbit of Pluto, says a new computer model. Emerging reports say the hidden world -- said to be much bigger than Pluto -- based on the model could explain......

70 sextillion stars in 'known universe'

 Ever tried to count the number of stars on a clear night?According to a study by a team of stargazers based at the Australian National University, there are 70,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (70,000......

As govt borrowing balloons, focus turns to bond market

 The continued rise in interest is a pressure on fiscal, but it is not an easy way out unless the government cuts back on populist measures and sticks to fiscal prudence as laid out in the FRBM,......

Asteroid named after Rafael Nadal

 If the success French Open and Wimbledon was not enough to send Rafael Nadal into orbit, the Spaniard now has an asteroid named after him! - Nadal now eyes No.1 spot The Rafael Nadal asteroid,......

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