By Avani Sharan Team Cosmofluencer Pleaides is one of the most easily recognisable and enchanting star clusters in the night sky. It is also known as the Messier 45 (M45) from the objects in Messier catalogue. On a clear night, this star cluster can be easily spotted by naked eye even though it is about […]

By Avani Sharan Team Cosmofluencer  This world’s first ever supersolid from laser light is making waves in the and is a great advancement in world of physics. This discovery of being able to turn light into supersolid brings us to certain questions like: What is a supersolid? How is light behaving like this material? Why […]

By Avani Sharan  Team Cosmofluencer Moon Exploration has always been a stepping stone in the field of space exploration. Humans have gone far and wide in exploring our planet’s this natural satellite. Moon also called Luna or Selena, is a source of fascination for many; from age old astronomers to the young amatuer astronomers of […]

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 […]