Vasudevan Mukunth

Vasudevan Mukunth is the science editor at The Wire.

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Famous Exoplanet Detected In 1995 Found to Have Water In Its Atmosphere

Vasudevan Mukunth 08/10/2019

Its discovery is a testament to the method that...

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What the Nobel Prizes Are Not

Vasudevan Mukunth 08/10/2019

Winning a Nobel Prize may be a good thing...

Abdus Salam, Nobel Prizes, Nobel Prize for physics, Pervez Hoodbhoy, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Ahmadiya sect, theoretical physics, Trieste, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Enrico Fermi, Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistan, Lahore, Srinivasa Ramanujan, electroweak theory, electroweak unification theory, CP symmetry,

Abdus Salam the Physicist Won the Nobel Prize. Salam the Pakistani Elevated it.

Vasudevan Mukunth 07/10/2019

If political opportunism hadn't contrived until the end to...

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Can a Scientist Working in India Win a Science Nobel By 2035?

Vasudevan Mukunth 28/09/2019

Indian science faces many problems and pursuing the goal...

SpaceShare, Satellize, Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, ExSeed Space, SpaceX, Bellatrix Aerospace, Dhruva Space, Rocketeers, model rocketry, Kawa Space, SatSure, Eurocard, ground station, data uplink, PSLV, Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PS4, orbital platform, small satellites, Antrix, PS4 apex committee, PSLV C45, Space Activities Bill,

SpaceShare, a New Indian Project to Democratise Access to Space

Vasudevan Mukunth 27/09/2019

A Mumbai-based company is set to crowdsource payloads from...

Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, Chandrayaan 2, Kailasavadivoo Sivan, helium-3, lithium-ion cells, Small Satellite Launch Vehicle, Gaganyaan, CartoSat 3, semi-cryogenic engine, Bharatiya Janata Party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, nationalism, regolith, Kurt Vonnegut, Chandrayaan 2,

As Chandrayaan Surface Mission Ends, ISRO Needs Support, Constructive Criticism

Vasudevan Mukunth 21/09/2019

Only if we remember what our failures are –...

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If ‘Chandrayaan 2 Was a 90-95% Success’ Is the Answer, What’s the Question?

Vasudevan Mukunth 10/09/2019

Some have wondered if the figure could be a...