Lucknow: When 10-year-old Shivaji Panda gradually but completely lost his ability to hear, little did he or his parents knew that 40 years later he would complete his PhD. He met his wife, a German professor who was researching Indian sign language, while working with a foundation in Delhi for hearing impaired women. They worked to create a formal one-year …
The Sun's Super HD pictures Using NASA’s Hi-C camera, a high-resolution image of the Sun was captured. This requires dedicated equipment and as mentioned above such an image can only be grabbed from a Hi-C camera launched into space. Commenting on the image itself, Dr Tom Williams, a researcher at UCLan who worked on the data, told BBC, "This is …
Newly released images of the Sun have revealed that its outer layer is filled with previously unseen, incredibly fine magnetic threads filled with extremely hot, million-degree plasma. Until now, certain parts of the Sun's atmosphere had appeared dark or mostly empty, but new images have revealed strands that are around 500km in width - roughly the distance between London and …