Astronomy

While it’s imperative to give the likes of Sir Roger Penrose his due props for the Physics Nobel Prize this year, it’s imperative to remember on whose shoulders his work stands. They are Indian scientists AK Raychaudhuri and CV Vishveshwara.

Govind Swarup, one of the pioneers of Radio astronomy built telescopes that helped India become one of the leading countries for astronomy research.

The ‘eclipse chasers' weren't browbeaten by the COVID-19 lockdown. Here's how they planned it all in advance.

The first Indian to become a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1872, Chinthamani Ragoonatha Chary never received any formal training in astronomy — his expertise was self-taught! #ForgottenHeroes #IndiansInScience

Son of a newspaper vendor, Aryan Mishra purchased his first telescope by skipping meals. He then spotted an unknown asteroid when he was just 14!

Not just this, the studious teen also cleared the National Standard Examination in Physics (NSEP), National Standard Examination in Chemistry (NSEC), and National Standard Examination in Astronomy (NSEA), which is the Olympiads in physics, chemistry, and astronomy respectively.

"What is that in Vyomaganga? It is not the moon because it is quite bright; not the sun because it is night; it is the internal fire in the water/ocean," reads a verse from an ancient text.

The mysterious radio energy flashes, whose source is yet to be discovered, have left astronomers baffled. However, there is help at hand because some of India's most brilliant scientists are working on these perplexing questions!

Elected at the age of 18 (the youngest age possible), Amal Pushp is arguably India's next science prodigy. Well done, Amal! #MakingIndiaProud #Science

As a preteen, she had designed a three-layered colony in space, and some of her ideas around this will surely leave you awestruck!