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.

An artist's concept of what a neutron star collision would look like. Credit: Illustration by Robin Dienel courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for Science

LIGO and Telescopes Spot Spectacular Neutron Star Cataclysm in Record-Breaking Discovery

Sandhya Ramesh 16/10/2017

Two neutron stars collided in space, unleashing a deadly...

An artist's impression of Tabby's star. Credit: NASA/Wikimedia Commons

WTF: The Story of the Strangest Star We’ve Known

Sandhya Ramesh 20/09/2017

There’s clearly something mysterious going on. We don’t know...

The size of Planet Nine, next to Earth and Neptune. PlanetUser/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Why Astronomers Are Arguing Over ‘Planet Nine’, Which They Haven’t Observed Yet

Sandhya Ramesh 26/06/2017

It seems what everyone has been wishing for all...

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Scientists Find the Hottest Planet in the Universe (So Far)

Sandhya Ramesh 06/06/2017

While astronomers are not going to bother including it...

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Potentially Habitable Exoplanet Found Close Enough for Us to Study Its Atmosphere Soon

Sandhya Ramesh 19/04/2017

A planet’s atmosphere is what we need to be...

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The Two NASA Missions That Will Study Rocky Fossils of a Younger Solar System

Sandhya Ramesh 06/03/2017

Lucy and Psyche are a part of NASA's Discovery...

Credit: Ita Mehrotra

A Brief History of Earth: The Rock From Space That Wiped Out the Dinosaurs – and Much Else

Sandhya Ramesh 06/02/2017

The asteroid chunk was nearly 15 km in diameter...