A draft policy on opening up India’s space sector is expected to bring transformational change. The chairman of the commercial arm of the Indian Space Agency said this on November 10. Speaking during an interview at Euroconsult’s World Satellite Business Week Virtual Edition conference, chairman and managing director of Antrix Corp. Rakesh Sasibhushan said the Spacecom Policy draft … Continue reading Revolutionary Changes in India’s Spacecom Policy
The two largest experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), ATLAS and CMS, have observed a previously undetected decay mode of the Higgs boson into the bottom quark and its antiparticle. The same experiments, based at CERN, the European particle-physics laboratory outside Geneva, Switzerland, first discovered the Higgs in 2012. The boson, which is a key … Continue reading Higgs Boson Decay to Bottom Quarks Confirmed
Many technologists forecast that future computers will have immense computing power. One possible use for this power could be to run detailed simulations of past generations or similar individuals. These advanced computers could run multiple simulations simultaneously, with the simulated people being descendants of an original race. The idea that we might be part of … Continue reading Exploring Parallel Universes and Quantum Reality
Do you believe in the Big Bang Theory? I just had a glass of water. Why? I was thirsty. Why was I thirsty? Because it’s been a hot day. Why has it been a hot day? Well, this time of year, the planet’s relative position to the sun? Answer: The Big Bang. You can save … Continue reading What the Big Bang Theory Reveals About Reality
Dark matter has been one of the greatest astronomical mysteries for a very long time. It was first speculated as far back as the 1600’s, not long after Newton presented his theory of gravity, as astronomers considered objects that may emit little or no light but could instead be observed by their gravitational effect on … Continue reading The Invisible Giant: Dark Matter is Quietly Reshaping the Universe
Unbeknownst to a world still reeling from the atomic catastrophe of Hiroshima, and under the crafty guise of a “peaceful nuclear explosion”, India detonated its first Weapon of Mass Destruction at the infamous Pokhran test range in 1974, carving for itself an irrevocable position in a community of nuclear-armed nations. The diplomatic furore that followed … Continue reading Unveiling India’s GSLV Mk-III: Triumph Against Adversity
