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

Vishnu first began gazing up at the stars in rural Tamil Nadu with spotty electricity and dark night skies. Today, he leads a team studying asteroids at the University of Arizona!

“We must do whatever we can ensure young girls get an education, particularly those from difficult circumstances. If given a chance, these young girls will shine. This is what Kalpana would have also wanted,” says her father Banarasi Lal Chawla. #WomensDay #SheDared

“We want to know how the universe evolved, how we came to this earth and what is our purpose. In fact, some of the chemicals including iron, carbon, that are found in our body can be made only in the interiors of stars,” says Dr Vithal Tilvi.

It was in the 1970s when this physicist from Banaras Hindu University met the legendary Carl Sagan. They would go onto conduct an experiment that would have crucial implications on understanding how life came about on Earth! #ForgottenHeroes #History #Science

“I was in a comfortable and prestigious central government scientific position in the Department of Atomic Energy,” informs Aravamudan. Despite the friendly warnings from friends about leaving a prestigious job for something still in its nascent stage, Aravamudan accepted.

Raja Ramanna, MGK Menon and Vikram Sarabhai were among the Indian stalwarts who greeted the astronaut trio of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. But also among the crowds was a thrilled Mumbaikar who gifted them lottery tickets. Find out why!

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!

NASA has just executed a nail-biting historic flyby of the most distant and ancient object in the solar system, Ultima Thule. And this man from Mumbai played a pivotal role in it!

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