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Astronomers find collisional ring galaxy 30 million light years from the Milky Way
Two astronomers from the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) Pune – professor Vaidehi S Paliya and professor Dhruba J Saikia – recently identified a gamma-ray emitting collisional ring galaxy system named ‘Kathryn’s Wheel’ located just 30 million light years away from the Milky Way
Updated on Jun 12, 2024 05:16 AM IST
Open campus day at Pune’s IUCAA on February 28
The annual open day is one of IUCAA’s most important events since it allows us to promote our varied activities to the public, says official
Published on Feb 25, 2024 09:51 PM IST
Prof R Srianand is new director of IUCAA
Professor Raghunathan Srianand has been appointed as the director of the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics in Pune. He is a renowned Indian cosmologist and astrophysicist, known for his groundbreaking studies on redshift evolution and the cosmic microwave background radiation. Srianand is a member of the International Astronomical Union and a fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences. He was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for science and technology in 2008.
Updated on Dec 02, 2023 08:42 AM IST
Pune’s IUCAA team develops space telescope to capture ultraviolet imaging of Sun
The observations recorded by SUIT will put India among the top countries to have observed the Sun in the ultraviolet
Updated on Jun 16, 2023 10:06 PM IST
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Gravitational lensing probes ‘clumpiness’ of dark matter
Scientists used the gravitational lensing effect to map the dark matter and how it is distributed around galaxies
Updated on Apr 03, 2023 11:51 PM IST