Sandhya Ramesh

Sandhya Ramesh is a science writer with a focus on astronomy, earth science and all cool things space. She tweets about them at @sandygrains.

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The Star That Rose From the Dead

Sandhya Ramesh 25/04/2018

A star 500 million lightyears away appears to be...

An artist's impression of the universe's first stars, embedded in a sea of gas, with the cosmic microwave background radiation depicted along the edges. Credit: N.R. Fuller, National Science Foundation

Ancient Starlight Trapped in Cosmic Gas Offers Clues About Universe’s Firstborn Suns

Sandhya Ramesh 06/03/2018

… and with that, dark matter is not far...

An artist's impression of the star KSN 2011d going supernova. Credit: NASA Ames, STScI/G. Bacon

Amateur Astronomer Points His Camera at the Sky, Stumbles Onto a Supernova

Sandhya Ramesh 23/02/2018

When Victor Buso was photographing the night sky in...

An animation of the Falcon Heavy lifting off. Credit: SpaceX

Your Guide to Elon Musk’s Falcon Heavy Space Roadshow Last Night

Sandhya Ramesh 07/02/2018

What's the Falcon Heavy? Why did it launch a...

Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay. Source: Infosys Science Foundation

Interview: ‘Everyone, Whether a Historian or a Geologist, Should Learn Mathematics’

Sandhya Ramesh 17/01/2018

In conversation with Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay on microRNA, machine learning,...

Nathan Seiberg. Source: ias.edu

Interview: ‘There’s No Conflict Between Lack of Evidence of String Theory and Work Being Done on It’

Sandhya Ramesh 07/01/2018

An interview with the notable physicist Nathan Seiberg on...

Artist’s impression of the planet Ross 128 b

Earth-Like Exoplanet Discovered Around Nearby Star Is Potentially Habitable

Sandhya Ramesh 16/11/2017

The star-planet system is zipping towards Earth. In about...