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India inks interim agreement with SKAO; final review by govt underway

February 03, 2022 11:16 am

🔴 Though India is a participating country in the setting up of the world's largest radio telescope, it is yet to get the central government's approval to become a Member Country.

Pune: NCRA releases book in memory of founder-director Govind Swarup

September 15, 2021 11:17 am

Swarup was the man who sowed the seeds of radio astronomy research in India and succeeded in creating a group of radio astronomers in the country.

DoT’s faulty spectrum allocation to Reliance Jio hampers data quality from largest radio telescope, say scientists

August 27, 2021 10:58 am

Located 80 km from Pune, the GMRT is an array of 30 parabolic dishes — each of which is 45 metres in diameter.

Using Pune-based GMRT, scientists measure mass of atomic hydrogen present in galaxies 9 billion years ago

uGMRT enables study of environment around rare transient object 215 million light years away

April 30, 2021 9:12 pm

Located 215 million light years away, the source, named AT 2018cow, was tracked for more than two years by scientists at the TIFR-National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) using their own upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT).

Govind Swarup Memorial: 'Govind Swarup a dreamer, visionary and driver of innovation'

March 24, 2021 1:14 am

Ekers was speaking on 'How innovation has driven science of radio astronomy' at the first Prof Govind Swarup Memorial lecture, organised virtually by TIFR - National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA), on Tuesday.

National Science Day: Talks, virtual lab tours, screenings mark celebrations

February 28, 2021 11:11 pm

During the “Ask the Scientist” session, a student from Solapur asked eminent cosmologist Jayant Narlikar, “Why are viruses pseudo living organisms, and could life have originated from them?”

Pune: TIFR-NCRA team captures better radio image of Sun

April 16, 2019 8:57 am

Solar flares or similar sun-related events are known to cause widespread outages to Earth’s communication systems, navigation and satellite operations, power supply and can cripple life beyond immediate repair.

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Dying, giant radio galaxy catches astronomers’ attention

November 08, 2015 5:25 am

According to experts, while radio galaxies with size less than a million light years are common, giant radio galaxies are rare at large cosmic distances.

NCRA graphic novel on Venus transit

June 01, 2012 3:06 am

National Centre for Radio Astrophysics has come out with a graphic novel chronicling the history and the science associated with the transit of Venus,days ahead of the phenomenon.