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Looking forward to Professor Anil Bhardwaj's visit and seminar. He will be speaking about "India on the Moon: Challenges and Science".

Looking forward to Professor Anil Bhardwaj's visit and seminar. He will be speaking about "India on the Moon: Challenges and Science".

The Center for Computational Astrophysics @flatironinstitute.org is hiring a new Research Software Engineer to work on @astropy.org and to support the software and computing efforts within the CCA. Apply by May 22!
apply.interfolio.com/184639
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New — I wrote about the terror and loss of the last few days, mostly so we don’t forget.

www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-iran...

Astro Seminar Alert. This seminar brings the visitor program for the semester to an end.

Astro Seminar Alert.

This seminar brings the visitor program for the semester to an end.

Astro Alumni Seminar Alert

Double bill seminar by Girish Kulkarni coming up next week. He talks about EoR, and AI in research.

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Applications are open for the 2026 cohort of Vigyan Vidushi organised by the School of Tech & Computer Science at TIFR, Mumbai.

#STCSVV is a TIFR summer program to promote research in CS as a career among women.

More details at the program link: tifr.link/stcsvv26

#AcademicSky

Microscope images of Ryugu samples collected from the first and second touchdown sites of the Hayabusa2 mission, respectively. Credit: JAXA / JAMSTEC

The complete set of nucleobases found in terrestrial DNA and RNA — adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine and uracil — have been detected in samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu, according to research in Nature Astronomy. go.nature.com/3P9A9YN 🔭 🧪

IISER Mohali is hosting an online introductory astronomy school during June 8-27, 2026. This is aimed at early undergraduate students. Register at: forms.gle/bQHdmnaQxhxY...

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A lecture series on "Space based astronomy with small payloads" by Rekhesh Mohan (IIA Bangalore).

Hubble has caught a comet crumbling while on its way out of the Solar System! ☄️

Comet K1 fragmented into at least four pieces, each with a distinct coma.

Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

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Seminar alert.

Looking forward to a seminar by Saurabh Singh, to see the latest results in global spectrum of redshifted 21cm line during cosmic dawn.

On academic writing, and how it is an essential part of thinking.

Asteroid-Smashing NASA Mission Sped Up Space Rocks’ Journey Around the Sun

NASA smashed a spacecraft into one of a pair of asteroids. the impact shifted the pair’s orbit around the sun:

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/s...

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Admissions to the PhD program at IISER Mohali for August 2026 are now open. Looking forward to a cohort of enthusiastic and talented students.

www.iisermohali.ac.in/admission-ne...

A U.S. scholarship thrills a teacher in India. Then came the soul-crushing questions She was thrilled to become the first teacher from a government-sponsored school in India to get a Fulbright exchange award to learn from U.S. schools. People asked two questions that clouded her joy.

She was thrilled to become the first teacher from a government-sponsored school in India to get a Fulbright exchange award to learn from U.S. schools. People asked two questions that clouded her joy. n.pr/4bfTTCp

Alumni Seminar Alert

Seminar Alert.

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Continuing the Astro Alumni series of talks at IISER Mohali

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#Cosmology

I have a post-doctoral opening in my group. If you are working in one of the following areas: Galaxy Formation, Science with the 21cm line, Gravitation Lensing, then please drop a message.

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#Cosmology
#AstroSci

Autistic girls much less likely to be diagnosed, study says By age 20 diagnosis rates for men and women almost equal, research finds, challenging assumptions of gender discrepancy

Fascinating study, casting much doubt on the ubiquity of the "overdiagnosis" myth www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Spiti, Himachal Pradesh: Meet the women protecting India's snow leopards The women brave biting cold to count and conserve a predator once seen as a threat in their villages.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

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2026 Summer Student Research Assistantships

Calling all undergrad and graduate students looking for summer research opportunities! The application deadline is approaching quickly for the 2026 summer student program at the NSF NRAO/GBO.

🚨 Apply by February 1! 🚨

#Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #NRAO #GBO #SummerStudent #REU