Challakere science city

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India-based neutrino oblivion

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Analysis Science ASHA workers Challakere science city COVID-19 pandemic Department of Atomic Energy India-based Neutrino Observatory Institute of Mathematical Sciences Kamioka Naba K Mondal Nandita Jayaraj Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector Takaaki Kajita The Hindu

In a conversation with science journalist Nandita Jayaraj, physicist and Nobel laureate Takaaki Kajita touched on the dismal anti-parallels between the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) and the J…

Playing the devil's advocate on Starlink

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Op-eds Science Challakere science city Elon Musk environmentalism India-based Neutrino Observatory ISRO Kulasekarapattinam low-cost internet Mauna Kea mega-constellation non-rivalry Outer Space Treaty satellite constellation space-based internet SpaceX Starlink Sterlite Thirty Meter Telescope Thoothukudi

After SpaceX began to launch its Starlink satellite constellation to facilitate global internet coverage, astronomers began complaining that the satellites are likely to interfere with stargazing sche…