Ronak Gupta

Ronak Gupta is pursuing a PhD in fluid mechanics at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

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An image of the Perseus cluster obtained by Chandra, with X-ray information enhanced. The frame's breadth can fit ten Milky Way galaxies. The cold front is visible at the 7 o'clock position relative to the centre. Credit: NASA, CXC, GSFC, Stephen Walker, et al.

How the Forces That Create Beautiful Clouds on Earth Also Sculpt Galaxy-Wide Bays

Researchers modelled a somewhat similarly shaped active particle using a computer to understand its mechanical properties better. Credit: Zappys Technology Solutions/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Scientists in Chennai Uncover Insights Into Tiny, Self-Propelling ‘Active Particles’

A blue whirl over water in a swirl generator. Credit: University of Maryland

The ‘Blue Whirl’ is a New Kind of Flame That Always Burns Cleanly

An artist's illustration of the LISA Pathfinder mission in space. Credit: ESA

Pathfinder Mission Eases Our Way to Exploring the Gravitational Universe

Credit: Xavi/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

What Wiped Out the Dinosaurs?

A photograph showing light reflected from a piece of space junk going from NE to SW. Credit: lonetown/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Space Junk Didn’t Knock Out Japan’s New Satellite – But it Could Have

The Wendelstein 7-X device. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Why the Road to Nuclear Fusion is Necessarily Bumpy