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A black hole is a mysterious place in space with such enormous mass and gravity that nothing can escape it. Not even light.

In charge of Ladakh's Hanle Observatory, G C Anupama is also the India group head of the international team of scientists that is building the $1 billion Thirty Meter Telescope in Hawaii!

“If the US can fly 14 to 16 million such rockets every year, then why can’t India reach a margin of over 50 million rockets?"

While many are aware of Russia's close ties with India, few know about the visit Soviet leaders Nikolai Bulganin & Nikita Khrushchev made to Ooty.

This is the lesser known story of Air Commodore (Retd) Ravish Malhotra, recipient of the Kirti Chakra. The man who almost became the first Indian in space.

Mankind's first mission to 'touch' the Sun may have panned out differently had it not been for Nobel-winning astrophysicist!

In its maiden attempt, India became the first Asian nation to reach the Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt. One man who held it all together and made us proud is Dr Mayilswamy Annadurai.

In a country where, even today, a majority of parents want their children to either be engineers or doctors, the scope of being a scientist is rather bleak. Space Kidz provides students with a platform where they can explore science freely, without the pressures of academics.

"... the Crew Escape System along with crew module soared skyward, then arced out over the Bay of Bengal and floated back to Earth under its parachutes about 2.9 km from Sriharikota.”

On the quest to make the coldest spot in the universe, Anita Sengupta, an Indian-American from West Bengal, is one of the masterminds working on NASA's latest physics experiment.