#Astronomy

Indian History

IndianHistory0

Varāhamihira says a good astronomer should be handsome & have a good physique. (अभिजातः प्रियदर्शनो विनीतवेषः)Merits and demerits are often reflective of the physical appearance of

Royal Astronomical Society

RoyalAstroSoc

Today, an international team of astronomers announced the most detailed ever catalogue of stars in a part of our Milky Way galaxy. The @ESAGaia #EDR3 data release provides us with

Dr. Danielle Lupton

ProfLupton

Here's a running list of PhDs in fictional films who are referred to correctly as Dr. and their specialities. 1. Dr. Indiana Jones; PhD Archaeology2. Dr. Jack Ryan; PhD Economics

Rohan Naidu

Rohan_Naidu

H3 paper day! Here we find something super intriguing about the iconic Sagittarius stream whose debris spectacularly garlands the Milky Way. (sidenote: Sgr was discovered 3 weeks after I was

Wrath Of Gnon

wrathofgnon

“Wherever something is wrong, something is too big.” — Leopold Kohr Leopold Kohr goes on to give a beautiful example, that has been noted by many before him, of how

𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀺𑀬𑀁𑀓𑀸 𑀬𑀸𑀤𑀯

Priyanka_8288

Thread : List of Famous Indian Mathematicians.1. BaudhayanaBorn: Around 800 BCNotable Work: Approximation of the square root of 2 and the statement of a version of the Pythagorean Theorem2. KatyayanaBorn: Around 300 BC

Ryan Kinnett

rover_18

Went out to shoot Mars again last night but it turned into a full-blown Grand Tour. Imaged every planet except Mercury! Plus a few moons I didn’t expect to find.Starting

Edward C. Yong ن

infernoxv

not the Chora church, with the finest surviving Byzantine mosaics and frescoes in Constantinople! oh my heart. https://ahvalnews.com/chora/turkey-re-converts-istanbuls-chora-church-museum-mosque this is even more upsetting for me, as the Ch

JAIPUR WALA

jaipurwala1947

# Concept of ParaVidya and AparaVidya.As stated in below image of Agnipurana the Vidyas are of two types:1. ParaVidya ( The Higher knowledge )2. AparaVidya ( relatively lower kind of

Bloomberg Distinguished Professors

JHU_BDPs

Thread. It's #WorldCancerDay . Many #Bloomberg Distinguished Professors are involved in multidisciplinary research efforts here at @JohnsHopkins. Here are a few examples. Alex Szalay, a leader in big data,

Dr. Jacquelyn Gill

JacquelynGill

New archaeological evidence from Mexico provides the earliest dated evidence for human presence in the Americas—at 33,000 years ago!https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53486868 *As an important note, this is archaeology, which is

Science-George

Science_George

It was 31 years ago today when Voyager 1 captured this image of Earth - from such a great distance that it appears as nothing more than a "Pale Blue

Dark World

raahgeerr

[THREAD]Conquest of Constantinople -The conquest of Constantinople is one of the most significant events in the Islamic history which every Muslim should know. It should feature in top 5 all

Warrior Priestess

HeresyPriestess

The Looking Glass Project and the Thor Connection. Twitter Thread Part 1… because someone’s got to start this conversationThese are the dots I've joined together. Make of it what you

Sujay Raj

Sujay__Raj

Thread Facts That They Never Taught You. 1. Father of Astronomy: Aryabhatta ; Work - Aryabhattiyam2. Father of Astrology: Varahamihira, Works; Panchasiddhantika, Bruhat Hora Shastra 3. Fathers of Surgery :

Vamangi

RudraaShiv

NalandaNalanda was an ancient Mahavihara, a revered Buddhist monastery which also served as a renowned centre of learning, in the ancient kingdom of Magadha (modern-day Bihar) in India.At the height of it’s glory, Nalanda Universi

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