Prajval Shastri ಪ್ರಜ್ವಲ್ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಿ پرجول شاستری
@prajvalshastri.bsky.social
ಖಗೋಳ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಿ, ಭೂವಾಸಿ astrophysicist & earthling खगोल वैज्ञानिक और ज़मीनवाली
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FASCINATED BY THE COSMOS AND THE GIANT BLACK HOLES IN IT
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FASCINATED BY THE COSMOS AND THE GIANT BLACK HOLES IN IT
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A much needed conversation happened online in the first of a series CHAI ON THE MOON discussing The Moon & Voices from the GlobalSouth #astronomy @cospar.bsky.social @cospar-ppp.bsky.social @astro4dev.bsky.social @astro4edu.bsky.social @clubofrome.org @esa.int @nasawatch.bsky.social ON YouTube (1/2)
A much needed conversation happened online in the first of a series CHAI ON THE MOON discussing The Moon & Voices from the GlobalSouth #astronomy @cospar.bsky.social @cospar-ppp.bsky.social @astro4dev.bsky.social @astro4edu.bsky.social @clubofrome.org @esa.int @nasawatch.bsky.social ON YouTube (1/2)
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
A much needed conversation happened online in the first of a series CHAI ON THE MOON discussing The Moon & Voices from the GlobalSouth #astronomy @cospar.bsky.social @cospar-ppp.bsky.social @astro4dev.bsky.social @astro4edu.bsky.social @clubofrome.org @esa.int @nasawatch.bsky.social ON YouTube (1/2)
So now the special UCBerkeley 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐭 will be Professor John Clarke's!!! (The special perk that UCB offers its Nobel Laureates..😝😝😝)
Bringing a quantum physical effect into the macroscopic world in the laboratory, which has then lead on to it coming into our everyday, is no mean feat! (1/2)
Bringing a quantum physical effect into the macroscopic world in the laboratory, which has then lead on to it coming into our everyday, is no mean feat! (1/2)
October 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
So now the special UCBerkeley 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐭 will be Professor John Clarke's!!! (The special perk that UCB offers its Nobel Laureates..😝😝😝)
Bringing a quantum physical effect into the macroscopic world in the laboratory, which has then lead on to it coming into our everyday, is no mean feat! (1/2)
Bringing a quantum physical effect into the macroscopic world in the laboratory, which has then lead on to it coming into our everyday, is no mean feat! (1/2)
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July 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Feeling the intense heat? We break down the science of the "heat dome" and its undeniable link to climate change. Learn why it's happening and what we can do. www.freeastroscience.com/2025/06/why-...
Why Is This Heat Dome So Brutal? The Science Behind The Heatwave
Feeling the intense heat? We break down the science of the "heat dome" and its undeniable link to climate change. Learn why it's happening and what we
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June 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Feeling the intense heat? We break down the science of the "heat dome" and its undeniable link to climate change. Learn why it's happening and what we can do. www.freeastroscience.com/2025/06/why-...
An InPerson event at the Science Gallery, Bengaluru, India: 28 June 2025
Registration link:
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#astro #astronomy
Registration link:
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#astro #astronomy
June 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
An InPerson event at the Science Gallery, Bengaluru, India: 28 June 2025
Registration link:
sci560.scigalleryblr.org/programmes?p...
#astro #astronomy
Registration link:
sci560.scigalleryblr.org/programmes?p...
#astro #astronomy
This is maybe worth a shot... never too late?
@kvijayraghavan.bsky.social
Assessing research in India. A panel discussion at 3 pm (IST), today (6 June). Register and join online: bit.ly/RRA-in-India
@kvijayraghavan.bsky.social
Assessing research in India. A panel discussion at 3 pm (IST), today (6 June). Register and join online: bit.ly/RRA-in-India
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: DORA Event: Implementing Responsible Research Assessment in India. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
We are excited to invite you to this online event focused on advancing responsible research assessment practices in India.
Hear from eminent scholars and policymakers Prof. K. VijayRaghavan, Prof. S...
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June 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This is maybe worth a shot... never too late?
@kvijayraghavan.bsky.social
Assessing research in India. A panel discussion at 3 pm (IST), today (6 June). Register and join online: bit.ly/RRA-in-India
@kvijayraghavan.bsky.social
Assessing research in India. A panel discussion at 3 pm (IST), today (6 June). Register and join online: bit.ly/RRA-in-India
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From Margaret Verrico @meverri.bsky.social : The IceCube collaboration presents the strongest limit yet on the proton fraction of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays. 🔭✨☄️
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Kachow! Three high energy neutrinos speed through IceCube
The IceCube collaboration presents the strongest limit yet on the proton fraction of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays.
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June 2, 2025 at 3:26 AM
From Margaret Verrico @meverri.bsky.social : The IceCube collaboration presents the strongest limit yet on the proton fraction of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays. 🔭✨☄️
astrobites.org/2025/05/31/t...
astrobites.org/2025/05/31/t...
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The aurora of May 31/June 1, 2025, looking straight up in a 360º pano, with the horizon all around and the zenith at centre. This records the entire sky during the peak of the substorm at about 1:30 am with the curtains converging at the magnetic zenith, which is south of (below) the true zenith.
June 2, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Moon dust 'rarer than gold' arrives in UK from China. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Extremely rare Moon dust loaned from China shown in UK
First Moon samples collected in nearly 50 years and loaned by China for the first time are now in the UK.
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May 9, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Moon dust 'rarer than gold' arrives in UK from China. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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!!! new on work led by U.C. Berkeley postdoc, Yuhan Yao 🦖
incl. comments from @gymleadererica.bsky.social et al.
"Like a scene out of a sci-fi movie, astronomers using NASA telescopes have found 'Space Jaws.'"
🧪🔭☄️ #womeninSTEM #highenergyastro
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incl. comments from @gymleadererica.bsky.social et al.
"Like a scene out of a sci-fi movie, astronomers using NASA telescopes have found 'Space Jaws.'"
🧪🔭☄️ #womeninSTEM #highenergyastro
science.nasa.gov/missions/hub...
NASA's Hubble Pinpoints Roaming Massive Black Hole - NASA Science
A sneaky black hole betrayed its presence to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in a newly identified tidal disruption event.
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May 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
!!! new on work led by U.C. Berkeley postdoc, Yuhan Yao 🦖
incl. comments from @gymleadererica.bsky.social et al.
"Like a scene out of a sci-fi movie, astronomers using NASA telescopes have found 'Space Jaws.'"
🧪🔭☄️ #womeninSTEM #highenergyastro
science.nasa.gov/missions/hub...
incl. comments from @gymleadererica.bsky.social et al.
"Like a scene out of a sci-fi movie, astronomers using NASA telescopes have found 'Space Jaws.'"
🧪🔭☄️ #womeninSTEM #highenergyastro
science.nasa.gov/missions/hub...
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From @noirlabastro.bsky.social: It’s day 3 of Black Hole Week! ✨ We’re highlighting the Gemini Observatory, operated by NSF NOIRLab. Gemini North found the closest black hole to 🌎, 10x more massive than the ☀️. Go to noirlab.edu/public/produ..., print, and enjoy! #astronomy
May 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM
From @noirlabastro.bsky.social: It’s day 3 of Black Hole Week! ✨ We’re highlighting the Gemini Observatory, operated by NSF NOIRLab. Gemini North found the closest black hole to 🌎, 10x more massive than the ☀️. Go to noirlab.edu/public/produ..., print, and enjoy! #astronomy
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Nobel Prize Laureate Didier Queloz answers the who, what, where, when and why of exoplanets in this episode coming from ESA Education 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4Wr...
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Exoplanets explained by Nobel Prize winner (part 1) | The 5 Ws
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May 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Nobel Prize Laureate Didier Queloz answers the who, what, where, when and why of exoplanets in this episode coming from ESA Education 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4Wr...
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Imagine! A Dark Sky protector advocating from Dubai, no less!!! Just like amidst the darkest of darkness a bright spot can always be found, "amidst the brightest of areas Dark Sky Defenders can be found..." so says the protector.... @astro @astronomy @astrophotography
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A special message from DarkSky’s executive director:
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April 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Imagine! A Dark Sky protector advocating from Dubai, no less!!! Just like amidst the darkest of darkness a bright spot can always be found, "amidst the brightest of areas Dark Sky Defenders can be found..." so says the protector.... @astro @astronomy @astrophotography
youtu.be/Q8n-qUtjDls?...
youtu.be/Q8n-qUtjDls?...
It was the ZERO SHADOW moment in my town! Lucky to be within ±23° lattitude!!.... [This moment doesnt get much publicity globally - because its only us tropics people that see it -most twitterrati are clearly outside this zone!😜😜] (1/4) #astro #astronomy @fcain.universetoday.com @starstryder.space
April 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
It was the ZERO SHADOW moment in my town! Lucky to be within ±23° lattitude!!.... [This moment doesnt get much publicity globally - because its only us tropics people that see it -most twitterrati are clearly outside this zone!😜😜] (1/4) #astro #astronomy @fcain.universetoday.com @starstryder.space
A brave attempt at visualisation of the construct is cool, and the construct sounds cool too but will we ever know if thats what it is? Well written as always by Clara Moskowitz @clarakm.bsky.social #blackholes #astrophyiscs #astronomy
April 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A brave attempt at visualisation of the construct is cool, and the construct sounds cool too but will we ever know if thats what it is? Well written as always by Clara Moskowitz @clarakm.bsky.social #blackholes #astrophyiscs #astronomy
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Carl Sagan explains how the ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round and calculated its circumference over 2,000 years ago.
April 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Carl Sagan explains how the ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round and calculated its circumference over 2,000 years ago.
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A new post is up “Balancing Light and Dark: IES Recommended Light Levels for Safety, Astronomy, and Environmental Harmony” I tried merge IES lighting practises with IDAs aim to reduce light pollution, be kind if you find an error, let me know be for you jump on me! 😉 #lightpollution #astro
Balancing Light and Dark: IES Recommended Light Levels for Safety, Astronomy, and Environmental Harmony
Proper lighting is essential in our communities. It keeps our streets and public spaces safe, ensures visibility for drivers and pedestrians, and supports diverse activities in commercial and resid…
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December 4, 2024 at 9:01 AM
A new post is up “Balancing Light and Dark: IES Recommended Light Levels for Safety, Astronomy, and Environmental Harmony” I tried merge IES lighting practises with IDAs aim to reduce light pollution, be kind if you find an error, let me know be for you jump on me! 😉 #lightpollution #astro
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Starting sooon... This week's special Tuesday recording of Astronomy Cast. We're looking at the Swift telescopes multiwavelength science. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXEO...
The Neil Gehrels Swift Telescope
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October 15, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Starting sooon... This week's special Tuesday recording of Astronomy Cast. We're looking at the Swift telescopes multiwavelength science. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXEO...
If this isnt an erudite spot-on stright-from-the-heart ringing-truer-than-true lamp lighter, not just to cool astrophysics things but to life itself, I dont know what is... thank you Fraser Cain! @fcain.universetoday.com
A little more behind the scenes of my bad week, and what comes next.
The Core of My Business Model Suddenly COLLAPSED. Here's What's Next
YouTube video by Fraser Cain
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April 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
If this isnt an erudite spot-on stright-from-the-heart ringing-truer-than-true lamp lighter, not just to cool astrophysics things but to life itself, I dont know what is... thank you Fraser Cain! @fcain.universetoday.com
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🔭 Planetary Nebula NGC 1514 from Webb
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, M. E. Ressler (JPL) et al.; Processing: Judy Schmidt
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Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, M. E. Ressler (JPL) et al.; Processing: Judy Schmidt
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April 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔭 Planetary Nebula NGC 1514 from Webb
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, M. E. Ressler (JPL) et al.; Processing: Judy Schmidt
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Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, M. E. Ressler (JPL) et al.; Processing: Judy Schmidt
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🔭 The Orion Nebula in Visible and Infrared
Image Credit & Copyright: Infrared: NASA, Spitzer Space Telescope; Visible: Oliver Czernetz, Siding Spring Obs.
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Image Credit & Copyright: Infrared: NASA, Spitzer Space Telescope; Visible: Oliver Czernetz, Siding Spring Obs.
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April 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔭 The Orion Nebula in Visible and Infrared
Image Credit & Copyright: Infrared: NASA, Spitzer Space Telescope; Visible: Oliver Czernetz, Siding Spring Obs.
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25042...
Image Credit & Copyright: Infrared: NASA, Spitzer Space Telescope; Visible: Oliver Czernetz, Siding Spring Obs.
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