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2 months, 1 week ago

Unveiling the Celestial Enigma: Kerala Observatory Tracks the 'Comet of the Century' C/2023 A3

The Kerala University's Astronomical Observatory has tracked the path of the comet C/2023 A3 and recorded some of its unique features. The comet, which has an extremely long orbital period, took roughly 80,000 years to complete one orbit around the sun. It is currently visible in the Orion constellation and is expected to be tracked for the next three days.

Nature Space Astronomy Comet

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Solar eclipse glasses: Why you need them, and why you should buy them right now.

Slate

This is One Thing, a column with tips on how to live. Of course, a cardinal rule of day-to-day life still applies to eclipses: You must absolutely not look at the sun directly—even if it’s partially obscured by the moon. Safe eclipse glasses come with a certified label ISO 12312-2, which stands for International Organization of Standardization. I myself was …

Eclipse Glasses Visible Light Moon Partially Right Solar

11 months, 2 weeks ago

The physics that lets you forget your glasses are on your face | Explained

The Hindu

When I am already getting late for my morning lecture, here at IIT Kanpur where I teach, that is the exact moment my spectacles choose to play hide-and-seek with me. If we had eyes that could ‘see’ radio waves instead, this world would look permanently bright. If a material appears transparent to us, it simply lets those frequencies of light …

Light Radio Quantum Mechanics Eyes Glass Packets Transparent

1 year, 1 month ago

Can The Blue Light From Your Devices Really Age Your Skin? Here's What Derms Say.

Huff Post

SrdjanPav via Getty Images Rumored to be as harmful as UVA or UVB lights, blue light has become aging’s new enemy, and over the past few years, skin care products have been developed to specifically protect against it. Rumored to be as harmful as UVA or UVB lights, blue light has become aging’s new enemy, and over the past few …

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1 year, 7 months ago

What will India’s new National Quantum Mission achieve?

The Hindu

Sensors – systems that help detect electric and magnetic fields, rotation and acceleration, measure time, and image biological systems with increasing accuracy – are an inalienable part of essential enterprises like healthcare, security, and environmental monitoring today and practically indispensable for day-to-day life. The National Quantum Mission, launched by the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India, …

India Light Quantum Mechanics Mission Help Devices Systems

2 years ago

Mysterious light appears in Kolkata sky: Satellite or Agni V? Speculations rife

Hindustan Times

For around five minutes, a mysterious light appeared in the Kolkata sky to the amazement of sky-gazers as the source of it was not immediately known. Apart from Kolkata, the strange light was visible from Bankura, East and West Midnapore, North and South 24 Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly and also from a few districts in Odisha. Social media users posted photos …

Kolkata Light Mysterious Light Kolkata Sky

2 years, 1 month ago

Scientists develop window film that can cool room without blocking visible light

Hindustan Times

Scientists have developed a transparent window coating which can stop the sun’s heat without blocking view from the window. The window film held in hand can cool home without blocking visible lights. According to a report published in American Chemical Society Energy Letters, the newly developed 'Transparent radiative coolers' can be employed as window materials to cut cooling energy requirements …

Energy Window Cool Trc Visible Light Light Scientists

4 years ago

You May Be Able To Buy A Gorgeous Black Apple iPhone Or MacBook, If This Patent Hints At Anything

News 18

You might have noticed that black isn’t exactly black on many smartphones and laptops. The US Patent & Trademark Office has published a patent application by Apple talks about a portable electronic device with an anodized layer that includes an external surface that includes randomly distributed light-absorbing features that absorb visible light incident upon the external surface. The closest, Apple …

Black Apple Macbook Iphone Visible Light

4 years, 4 months ago

Opinion | Spot the difference, on the Betelgeuse Star

Live Mint

If you take an interest in astronomy, you will quickly rack up a long list of phenomena whose effect ranges from puzzling to jaw-dropping. They are indeed just “little black dots” on the Sun’s surface, like pimples or blackheads on your face. Now, when we “look” at the star at submillimetre wavelengths, if its brightness does not diminish at those …

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