AASTRO Thiruvananthapuram had its monthly session on September 29 at its usual venue of Science and Technology Museum. Session based on Stephan Hawking's latest book 'Thae Grand Design' was handled by Shri. Ramesh. He introduced the book chapter by chapter so that it gets benefited to those who are yet [...]
പ്രപഞ്ച വികാസത്തിന്റെ വേഗം വര്ധിച്ചുകൊണ്ടേയിരിക്കുകയാണെന്ന് കണ്ടെത്തിയ മൂന്നു ഗവേഷകര് ഈ വര്ഷത്തെ ഭൗതികശാസ്ത്ര നൊബേല് കരസ്ഥമാക്കി. അമേരിക്കയില് നിന്നുള്ള സോള് പേള്മറ്ററും ആഡംറീസും ഓസ്ട്രേലിയയില് നിന്നുള്ള ബ്രയാന് ഷ്മിഡറ്റും ഒരു കോടി സ്വീഡിഷ് ക്രോണറി (7. 13 കോടി രൂപ) ന്റെ സമ്മാനത്തുക പങ്കുവെക്കും. സൂപ്പര്നോവയെന്നു വിളിക്കുന്ന നക്ഷത്രസ്ഫോടനങ്ങളെ നിരീക്ഷിച്ച് ഇവര് നടത്തിയ ഗവേഷണം മഹാവിസ്ഫോടനത്തിലൂടെ ജന്മമെടുത്ത പ്രപഞ്ചം അന്നുമുതല് വികസിച്ചുകൊണ്ടേിയിരിക്കുകയാണെന്ന സിദ്ധാന്തം ശരിവെക്കുന്നതായിരുന്നു. എന്നാല്, ഈ വികാസത്തിന്റെ വേഗം കൂടിക്കൂടിവരികയാണെന്ന ഞെട്ടിക്കുന്ന വസ്തുതയും [...]
Documents on the 17th century trial of Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei and and Britain's 16th century monarch King Henry XIII will now be exhibited outside the Vatican for the first time.
The exhibition marking the Vatican Secret Archive's 400th anniversary will showcase around 100 documents at Rome's Capitoline Museum from February next year.
The [...]
Eminent astrophysicist Venkatraman Radhakrishnan, who is known for his work on pulsars, passed away.He was an internationally renowned scientist and was an Emeritus Professor of the Raman Research Institute in Bangalore, where he had been Director from 1972 to 1994.
He was known for his work on pulsars and and the structure of interstellar medium.He was also [...]
Many people ask where can they get a starmap to observe and locate objects in the sky. Some newspapers and magazines publish starmaps which are supposed to be used on a particular day at a particular point of time. As the celestial objects change their position in the sky as time elapses, we have [...]
October 30th is the 101st birthday of Dr. Homi Jehangir Bhabha, a man who throughout his life dominated both the scientific and policy spheres of India's nuclear affairs, first bringing the Indian nuclear program to life and then setting its priorities and direction.
AASTRO Club,Kottakkal is all set to make this occasion memorable by organising a photo [...]
Coming October 19th is celebrated as the 100th birthday of Dr. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (October 19, 1910 – August 21, 1995), the Nobel laureate Indian American astrophysicist. Chandrasekhar was tutored at home initially through middle school. Later he attended the Hindu High School, Madras and then he studied at Presidency College, Chennai. In 1930, Chandrasekhar [...]
World Space Week is observed annually from October 4 to October 10 as announced by the United Nations General Assembly and has been considered as an International Celebration of Science and Technology. This day is observed for its contribution to the improvisation of the human condition. World Space Week is supported by the United Nations [...]
Today,August 10th is the birthday of Manali Kallat VAINU BAPPU, who was a great astronomer and president of the International Astronomical Union. Being one of the greatest astronomers of India, Vainu has contributed much to the revival of optical astronomy in Independent India. Vainu was born on August 10, 1927 . He was the only [...]
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has a new project manager: Phil Varghese, a native of Kerala, India.He came to the United States on a Fulbright Scholarship in 1971 to study physics, earned his doctorate at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Ore., and then worked with computer and aerospace companies. He began his work at JPL [...]
