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Thousands witness rare Blood Moon across India

The excitement swept across India on Sunday night as thousands of people gathered in different cities to witness the much-awaited Total Lunar Eclipse, popularly known as the Blood Moon. IMAGE: A......

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......

Indian astronomers discover a rare cosmic twist

While India was focused on the International Space Station and a Gaganyaatri code-named Shux, researchers from Bengaluru-based Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have quietly uncovered a cosmic......

What Indian Scientists Discovered About The Sun

The breakthrough reveals the dazzling world of miniature plasma loops, or tiny loops, which stretch almost as long as the distance between Kashmir and Kanyakumari. IMAGE: This image is a false......

'Strongest evidence' of life outside earth found

Hints of molecules known to be produced by marine organisms have been detected on an exoplanet, providing 'the strongest evidence yet' of life outside the Solar System, researchers have said,......

Karnataka Bets Big On Space

'This policy is a vision to position Karnataka as the epicentre of India's space ambitions.' IMAGE: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah speaks during the inaugural event of the Bengaluru Tech......

Aditya-L1 fires up funding prospects for pvt space cos

The successful launch of Aditya-L1 — the country’s maiden mission to study the Sun — is expected to garner increased investor interest in the Indian space sector and trigger more......

6 professors awarded Infosys Prize 2019 for science and research

The annual award includes a pure gold medal, a citation and a prize purse worth $ 100,000 or its equivalent in the Indian rupees. IMAGE: Addressing an event organised to announce the winners of......

The success story of India's second largest online market

ShopClues.com raised $100 million from Tiger Global, a deal that valued the company at $500 million. Image: ShopClues Team. Photograph, Courtesy: ShopClues Sanjay Sethi,......

Rudra: The Edge of Darkness Review

For all its tall claims of edge and darkness in the title, Rudra is a rather bland, blah, posturing, personality-less take on a sinister series, observes Sukanya Verma. 'Tu theek toh hai,' a cop......

Queen guitarist gets a Phd!

We know musicians are a talented lot. But have you met one who has a doctorate on astrophysics? Well, barring Bob Dylan, who was recently awarded a Pulitzer for his contribution to music by......

'You must have been in so much pain'

'This is a horrible tragedy and is a huge loss for all the lives he touched.' IMAGE: Priyanka Chopra and Sushant Singh Rajput. Photograph: Kind courtesy Priyanka Chopra/Instagram Condolences kept......

Review: The Theory of Everything is impeccably executed

A film as strongly scripted and impeccably executed as The Theory of Everything will be remembered for longer than Stephen Hawking's estimate of the end of time, says Paloma Sharma.There......