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Even Low-Power Jets From Giant Black Holes Could Drive Galaxy Evolution: Study

India Science Wire 04/05/2022

A new study by an international team of astronomers,...

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Two Pune Research Institutes Are Building India’s First Optical Atomic Clocks

Himanshu N. and Vasudevan Mukunth 01/09/2020

These are machines so precise they won't be off...

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As the Lockdown Dawned, Research in India’s Labs Ground to a Halt

T.V. Padma 02/04/2020

Experiments involving long-term biological processes and research requiring teamwork...

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Indian Cosmologists Propose New Space Experiment to Gaze at Universe’s Dawn

The Wire Staff 27/01/2019

CMB Bharat will study radiation leftover from the time...

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Where Does India’s First Exoplanet Discovery Fit In?

Jatan Mehta 20/09/2018

It is important to remember that K2-236b was discovered...

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Interview: Sanjeev Dhurandhar, a Doyen of Gravitational Wave Physics in India

Scharada Dubey 08/08/2016

Sanjeev Dhurandhar is one of the giants of gravitational...

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LIGO Detects Second Black Hole Merger, Sets Gravitational Wave Astronomy on Its Way

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/06/2016

The Indian members of the scientific collaboration were instrumental...