Prakash Chandra

2I/Borisov, interstellar comet, 'Oumuamua, Kruger 60, Gennady Borisov, comet tail, Oort Cloud, Neptune, Solar System, hyperbolic orbit, cyanogen, organic molecules, water on Earth, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope,

Meet 2I/Borisov, the First Comet From Another Star Visiting Our Solar System

Prakash Chandra 14/10/2019

Comets and asteroids are remnants from the early Solar...

Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory, LIGO, aLIGO, LIGO India, black hole, gravitational waves, neutron star, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, ergosphere, escape velocity, Event Horizon Telescope, proton, EM counterparts, electromagnetic radiation, supernova, kilonova,

Astronomers Excited Over Prospect of Black Hole Feasting on a Neutron Star

Prakash Chandra 24/08/2019

Having confirmed the gravitational signature of such a cataclysmic...

Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin Buzz Aldrin, Eagle has landed, Space Age, NASA, International Space Station, Chandrayaan 2, Gaganyaan, Sputnik 1, Indian Space Research Organisation, Saturn V, Apollo 13, Apollo 20,

The Unplanned Legacy of Apollo 11

Prakash Chandra 20/07/2019

A half-century after Apollo 11, the progress achieved by...

fast radio bursts, black holes, neutron stars, neutron star merger, Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder, blitzar, cosmic candles, Abraham Loeb, Manasvi Lingam, Global Positioning System, NAVIC,

In Major First, Space Sleuths Pinpoint Source of Brilliant Mystery Radio Burst

Prakash Chandra 03/07/2019

A navigation system based on such radio signals would...

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This Global Network of Telescopes Will Let Us Tune in to the Universe

Prakash Chandra 29/05/2019

Although radio waves are 'invisible' to the eye, radio...

Gault 6478, Asteroid Gault, PanSTARRS. Hubble space telescope, William Herschel Telescope, La Palma, Tenerife, ESO, Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System, NASA ATLAS, asteroids, near-Earth objects,

Meet Gault the Oddball Asteroid

Prakash Chandra 01/04/2019

In October 2018, sky-watchers saw a dramatic change in...

asteroid mining, space mining, nickel, cobalt, iridium, Hayabusa 2, Ryugu, OSIRIS-REx, Bennu, NASA, JAXA, Ceres, NASA Dawn, space station,

We Know the Future Is Here Because Space Mining Is Here

Prakash Chandra 14/02/2019

It is not far-fetched to think that engineers could...