Kodaikanal Solar Observatory (KoSO)

Source:   DD News Subject:  Science and Technology Context: Scientists from ARIES, IIA and global collaborators have reconstructed over 100 years of the Sun’s polar magnetic history using archival data from the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory (KoSO). About Kodaikanal Solar Observatory (KoSO): What it is? KoSO is one of India’s oldest and globally renowned solar observatories, conducting …

RSTV: SCIENCE MONITOR 10.10.2020

2020 Nobel Prize in physics: Ithas been awarded to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for furthering the understanding of black holes. Penrose: Discovered “that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity. Genzel and Ghez:Discovered a “supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy.” This is now known …