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Astronomical Wonders and Cosmological Mysteries

Redshift: The Amateur’s Universe

Robert J. Vanderbei · June 5, 2026

This post lays the groundwork for the Redshift series. Instead of focusing on a single nebula, galaxy, star cluster, or other celestial object, it introduces the conventions astronomers use to describe, identify, and navigate…

The Crescent Nebula

Robert J. Vanderbei · July 29, 2026

At the center of this image burns a star so extreme it barely belongs to the vocabulary of ordinary stellar physics. WR~136 --- classified as a Wolf-Rayet star, the rarest and most violent class…

Chemistry

Good Morning, Molecules! A Daily Dance of Science-I

Soumyajit Roy · July 24, 2026

I awake each morning with a new sparkle in my eye — chemistry has woven its magic into every corner of my day, and Marc feels it too. I, Amanda, stand by the sink…

History of Science

The Making of Meghnad Saha: Part I

Shyamal K. Bhadra · June 30, 2026

Outside India, the name Meghnad Saha (1893–1956) may be unfamiliar, yet his scientific legacy is woven into the fabric of modern astrophysics. His celebrated Saha ionization equation transformed our understanding of stellar atmospheres, showing…

Frontiers of Science

The 1887 Michelson-Morley Null Result and its Aftermath

Harvey Brown · June 24, 2026

Few experiments are as famous — or as misunderstood — as the Michelson–Morley experiment of 1887. Often portrayed as a simple refutation of the luminiferous ether and a direct precursor to Einstein’s special relativity,…

The North America Nebula

Robert J. Vanderbei · July 30, 2026

In our earlier Redshift post, we showcased the Crescent Nebula — an emission nebula located in the Cygnus constellation, approximately 5,000 light-years from Earth. We now revisit Cygnus, but from a closer perspective: the…

⁠Beyond Horizon

Education, Science, and Spirituality

Padmanabhan Krishna · June 2, 2026

Modern education, writes Professor Padmanabhan Krishna — physicist and Trustee of the Krishnamurti Foundation India — produces sharp minds and minds blind to themselves. Drawing on his scientific training and nearly three decades in…

The Search for Earth-Like Exoplanets

Robert J. Vanderbei · May 29, 2026

The search for Earth-like planets around nearby stars is one of the most ambitious goals in modern astronomy, driven by the hope of discovering life beyond Earth. Yet these worlds are extraordinarily difficult to…

History of Science

John Stewart Bell – Part III

Andrew Whitaker · April 22, 2026

John Bell’s work moved discussion of quantum theory forward, from the sterile situation dictated by the Copenhagen interpretation, to one free from restraint, where a wide variety of new ideas were put forward, and…

Bridging the Divide

García Márquez the Journalist

Anindya Basu · June 25, 2026

Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014), the Colombian writer who received the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature, is celebrated worldwide for novels such as One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera.…

Artificial Intelligence

A Conversation with Gemini

Angshuman Guha · April 2, 2026

This article presents an extended dialogue between Angshuman Guha, a researcher with hands-on experience in neural networks dating back to 1993, and Google’s large language model (LLM), Gemini. It explores a set of closely…

The Slingshot Effect on Outbound Spacecraft by the Giant Planets

Abhijit Gupta and the Curiosita Editorial Team · March 21, 2026

Gravity‑assist flybys, or gravitational slingshots, are essential to modern deep‑space exploration because they allow spacecraft to gain heliocentric energy without expending propellant. By passing behind a moving planet, a probe undergoes an exchange of…

Magazine 2026

Redshift: The Amateur’s Universe

The Crescent Nebula

Good Morning, Molecules! A Daily Dance of Science-I

The Making of Meghnad Saha: Part I

The 1887 Michelson-Morley Null Result and its Aftermath

The North America Nebula

Education, Science, and Spirituality

The Search for Earth-Like Exoplanets

John Stewart Bell – Part III

García Márquez the Journalist

A Conversation with Gemini

The Slingshot Effect on Outbound Spacecraft by the Giant Planets

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