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BRICS countries underline importance of enhancing collaboration among astronomers
Delegates from BRICS nations highlighted the importance of enhancing collaboration among astronomers from the countries at the seventh meeting of…
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Machine learning helps pick out stars in a crowd
Figure 1 The first figure shows a group of stars moving in a particular direction that are all part of…
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Way to predicting solar cycles– Kodaikanal Solar Observatory Digitized Data probes Sun’s rotation over the Century
Figure 1: A cartoon image showing the solar rotation observed at different latitude. Image courtesy NASA Scientists have estimated how the…
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Ultimate aim of science is to make people’s lives comfortable and happier: Vice President
The Vice President of India, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu today said the ultimate aim of science is to make people’s…
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Map reconstructing solar magnetic field from 1915 to 1965 can help predict Sun’s future
Image caption: (a),(c) Variation of the sunspot areas in the northern/southern hemisphere. (b) Zonally averaged magnetic field is shown in…
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IIA scientists discover He-enhanced cool bright stars among the metal-rich parts of Omega Centauri globular cluster
Observed and the synthesized MgH bands for LEID 34225 are shown. The spectra synthesized for the Mg abundance derived from…
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Ideas of young can be fused with experience to maintain enthusiasm of IIA founder Dr. Vainu Bappu: Dignitaries at IIA Foundation Day
The Founder’s Day in the 50th year of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) was celebrated with dignitaries emphasizing the need to maintain…
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Advances in microscopy has helped study complex questions of locomotion: Prof VijayRaghavan
Professor K. VijayRaghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, has highlighted how advances in microscopy has helped in…
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Sun like stars in their later life hold key for Li increase in the Universe – new findings
n a study recently published in Nature Astronomy (On 6th July 2020)scientists from Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) an autonomous institute of the…
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