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Locations of existing gravitational-wave detectors, and how far out a LIGO in India would be. Source: LIGO

Cabinet Grants Approval for Indian Gravitational Wave Observatory

Vellore. Credit: soham_pablo/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Strange Explosion in Vellore Thought the Work of a Fallen Meteorite

This artistic rendering shows the distant view from Planet Nine back towards the sun. The planet is thought to be gaseous, similar to Uranus and Neptune. Hypothetical lightning lights up the night side. Caption & image credit: Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)

Caltech Astronomers Build Evidence for a Ninth Planet Beyond Pluto

India Has to Be its Own Cultural Ambassador, But it Has to Be Scientific About it: Manjul Bhargava

K.C. Nicolaou, who won a share of the 2016 Wolf Prize in chemistry for his work in synthesising complex organic molecules. Source: scripps.edu

Wolf Prizes for 2016 Announced

Covering Science at The Wire: 10 Picks from 2015

Scholven Power Station, a coal-fired power plant, in Germany. Credit: Guy Gorek

‘Production Subsidies are Driving the World to Burn More Fossil Fuel than it Needs’