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While moving in its orbit roughly once a month, the moon will occasionally occult, or hide, bright stars that are behind, and sometimes, even planets. | Photo Credit: AP The Bengaluru-based Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) has filmed the passing of the moon in front of Antares, a bright red star. The moon passed in…
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Not many people have the distinction of having a cosmic body named after them. Jayant Murthy, a senior professor at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bengaluru, is one of them. Murthy just had an asteroid named after him by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) to mark his contributions to astronomy. The asteroid 2005 EX296,…
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A long-exposure photograph of stars over the Hanle Dark Sky Reserve in Ladakh. | Photo Credit: Akash Anandh The temperatures were subzero and freezing. The conditions were unforgiving. We were elated and thrilled being outdoors all night. At 4,300 metres above sea level, we felt it could have been the Everest Base Camp. In reality,…
