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Top honour for Indian solar physicist

Top honour for Indian solar physicist

Rediff.com22 Jun 2012

Nandi, from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research in Kolkata, has been doing extensive research on the sun and the different characteristics of solar activity for the last many years.

Europe's Mars lander lost? Fears grow after craft's signal disappears

Europe's Mars lander lost? Fears grow after craft's signal disappears

Rediff.com20 Oct 2016

Tracking of the Schiaparelli robot's radio signals was dropped less than a minute before it was expected to touch down on the Red Planet's surface.

Indian scientists discover 'Saraswati' -- a supercluster of galaxies

Indian scientists discover 'Saraswati' -- a supercluster of galaxies

Rediff.com14 Jul 2017

This is one of the largest known structures in the neighbourhood of the universe, 4,000 million light-years away from Earth and roughly more than 10 billion years old, IUCAA said.