By Avani Sharan Team Cosmofluencer The Southern Cross The Southern Cross, or Crux, is one of the most recognizable constellations in the southern sky. Known for its distinctive cross-shaped asterism, it not only is a navigational aid but also carries deep cultural significance across various societies, particularly in Aboriginal mythology. Join us in this series […]
By Avani Sharan Team Cosmofluencer One of the most ambitious projects in radio astronomy is the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), currently under construction in South Africa and Australia. Once completed, this international project will be the largest and most sensitive radio telescope ever built in the world. What is the SKA The SKA is not […]
By Avani Sharan Team Cosmofluencer We see the stars twinkling when we look up at the night sky. Now what if we could get more information along with just the visible light from them? This is precisely what radio astronomy does—it tunes into the cosmos by detecting radio waves emitted by celestial objects and views […]
By Avani Sharan Team Cosmofluencer Space Tourism as the name suggests is travelling to space for leisure or business purposes. Earlier, travelling to space was reserved for astronauts but today a lot of private companies are working towards making space tourism a reality. Herein, the tourists experience weightlessness, high speeds and some great breathtaking views. […]
By Avani Sharan Team Cosmofluencer What if we lived in a world where there is no fossil fuel and the only source of energy are the natural ones? Now what if our planet Earth had no tides or any source of hydropower? And what if Sun was the only source we ever had? Can humans’ […]
By Yagyasha Cosmofluencer (Season 04) For those wondering, this principle with a very scary name is simply the notion that, from a large enough distance,the universe seems to look the same to every observer. To put it in scientific terms, Cosmological principle says that the spatial distribution of our universe is isotropic and homogeneous when […]
By Vaishnavi Voragunti Cosmofluencer (Season 04) Introduction to the Expanding Universe “At the heart of modern cosmology lies the concept that the universe is not static, but ever-expanding.” This sentence might have changed the idea of the universe for many of us and also made us wonder what is expansion of the universe? Why is […]
By Kavya Cosmofluencer (S04) The idea of travelling to other stars has fascinated people for years. Exploring new worlds beyond our solar system feels like something out of science fiction, but could it really happen? The biggest challenge is the vast distance between stars. Proxima Centauri, the closest star to us, is about 4.24 light […]
By Yash Tomar Cosmofluencer (Season 04) Yes, we are made of star stuff, to understand this let’s start from the beginning, right after the Big Bang when the early stars began to form from the newly created Hydrogen(H) and Helium(He) present in the Primordial soup. Then, in the core of the stars, a process called […]
By Sameer Tanwar Cosmofluencer (Season 04) In the vast expanse of the universe, there exist monsters so powerful that they can devour entire galaxies. These monsters are called Quasars. What are Quasars? Quasars are incredibly bright objects that are powered by supermassive black holes. The black hole’s intense gravitational pull sucks in gas and dust […]