Women in space over the years

Equality, diversity and inclusion are crucial factors contributing to the success of any industry and the space sector is no exception. Over the past few years the contribution of women in the field of space has been increasing at a rapid scale, from less than 11% before the 2000s to almost 21% of the crew […]

LIGHT IS SLOW

The fastest human, Usain Bolt, runs at a speed of 10.4m/s. The fastest speed humans have reached is 11082.5 m/s (about 1000 times faster) during the trans-Earth return flight in the Apollo 10 command module. Well, technically, you are reading this (hopefully on Earth) and the Earth orbits the sun at 30000 m/s. The speed […]

Participatory Model of the Universe

“No phenomenon is a phenomenon until it is an observed phenomenon” Niels Bohr At some point in your life, you might’ve thought about the philosophical or metaphysical aspects of the universe. Or maybe you have pondered about the existence of free will. Whether what must happen in the future has already been predetermined. Or at […]

Circumstellar Habitable Zone:The Goldilocks Zone

Have you ever questioned yourself “Why is our Earth suitable for life and no other planets in our solar system?”. Well, yes Mars may be a good contender but it still requires some tinkering with its atmosphere to be a graded habitable planet. But what makes our Earth special? Let’s find out! What is the […]

ASTROBIOLOGY: the SEARCH FOR LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE

ABOUT Astrobiology is a path to seek the questions “Are we alone ? What if we have someone similar in our cosmos ?” It opens up the opportunity to explore the existence of life on another world and to know the possibility of life beyond the earth. A QUICK DIVE INTO ASTROBIOLOGY The Study of […]

A METEOR’S JOURNEY THROUGH SPACE AND TIME

As I plummet down to earth, people wish on me. It’s a scene I’ve witnessed for centuries. Dear reader, listen to my journey so grand, My voyages through space, to this far off land. Not long before, I was a meteoroid lost in space, A tiny speck, exploring the universe at a leisurely pace. I […]

A guide to Mobile astrophotography

Astrophotography is considered to be a part of amateur astronomy, which started off as a scientific tool for the passionate (and well off) to study the skies in “better light”. The first solar eclipse was imaged in 1851 [1] and the first photo of the Orion nebula was shot in 1880 [2]. These days, astrophotography […]