The Encyclopedia of astronomy in Malayalam is an indispensable reference book to guide us in the understanding of this universe in depth.
The State institute of Encyclopedic Publications,Kerala, an Institute established for publishing general encyclopedias in Malayalam decided to welcome the International year of Astronomy- with a bold step by publishing an Encyclopedia [...]
Craters (circled green) on the north pole of the Moon. Photo credit: Nasa
The Miracles by Chandrayan – 1 , the first moon mission of India launched on 2008 October 22 continues. Months ago American space agency NASA’s ( National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3), one of the instruments on [...]
March 3: A Waning Gibbous Moon (18.23 days old) is just 4 degrees SE of Spica at 11:30pm in east.
March 7: The Moon will be just 1 degree from Antares at 6:00am.
March 7: Last Quarter Moon.
March 13-14: Messier Marathon. Locating all the 110 Messier objects from the evening of 14th to the morning of 14th [...]
As part of its monthly public lecture series and the National Science day celebrations, Amateur astronomers Organization is conducting an invited public lecture on astronomy in collaboration with Kerala State Science and Technology Museum (KSSTM). Shri. R.Ramachandran (Member, British astronomy association) will be [...]
AASTRO Alleppy District Chapter will be launched on feb 28th at Alleppy Beach
Alleppy,Kerala : AASTRO Alappuzha chapter formed here will have its inaugural programme – a mega sky watching event on Feb 28th,Sunday at Alappuzha Beach on the occasion of National Science day.AASTRO President prof.k.Pappootty will launch the district fraction [...]
The Encyclopedia of astronomy in Malayalam is an indispensable reference book to guide us in the understanding of this universe in depth.
The State institute of Encyclopedic Publications,Kerala, an Institute established for publishing general encyclopedias in Malayalam decided to welcome the International year of Astronomy- with a bold step by publishing an Encyclopedia [...]
Craters (circled green) on the north pole of the Moon. Photo credit: Nasa
The Miracles by Chandrayan – 1 , the first moon mission of India launched on 2008 October 22 continues. Months ago American space agency NASA’s ( National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3), one of the instruments on [...]
March 3: A Waning Gibbous Moon (18.23 days old) is just 4 degrees SE of Spica at 11:30pm in east.
March 7: The Moon will be just 1 degree from Antares at 6:00am.
March 7: Last Quarter Moon.
March 13-14: Messier Marathon. Locating all the 110 Messier objects from the evening of 14th to the morning of 14th [...]
As part of its monthly public lecture series and the National Science day celebrations, Amateur astronomers Organization is conducting an invited public lecture on astronomy in collaboration with Kerala State Science and Technology Museum (KSSTM). Shri. R.Ramachandran (Member, British astronomy association) will be [...]
AASTRO Alleppy District Chapter will be launched on feb 28th at Alleppy Beach
Alleppy,Kerala : AASTRO Alappuzha chapter formed here will have its inaugural programme – a mega sky watching event on Feb 28th,Sunday at Alappuzha Beach on the occasion of National Science day.AASTRO President prof.k.Pappootty will launch the district fraction [...]
The idea of “Men from Mars” has been with us for more than a century now, thanks to writers like H.G. Wells and Edgar Rice Burroughs. And movies like “Mars Attacks” and “War of the Worlds” are good fun. But what’s the real story of the search for life on Mars?
In the 17th [...]
Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) , founder of modern astronomy.
Nicolaus Copernicus (19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was the first astronomer to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology, which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe.Nicolaus Copernicus is the Latin version of the famous astronomer’s name [...]
Four centuries ago, on February 16, 1600, the Roman Catholic Church executed Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher and scientist, for the crime of heresy. He was taken from his cell in the early hours of the morning to the Piazza dei Fiori in Rome and burnt alive at the stake. To the last, the Church authorities [...]
After a lot of complications, Europe’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator is resuming operation on February 20, ramping up to a beam intensity of 3.5 TeV (trillion electron volts) sometime in March. It will then run for a period of 18 to 24 months, and will then shut down in early 2012 for winter [...]
