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From a pool of 17,000 rural students, IUCAA shortlisted and selected 25 meritorious students — 9 girls and 16 boys — through a rigorous three-stage evaluation. IUCAA scientist Sameer Durde accompanied ...

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The newly released images of exocomet 3I/ATLAS reveal its clearest structure yet, including a bright nucleus and a dramatic ...

Overview: NASA has opened a unique opportunity for people worldwide, the chance to send their name into space as part of the ...

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New high-contrast images from SPHERE show a stunning variety of debris disks shaped by collisions of tiny planet-building ...

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