New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) An international team containing an Indian astronomer used the e‑MERLIN radio array to detect compact radio emission from the centres of nearly one‑quarter of 280 nearby galaxies, and revealed a hidden population of weakly accreting supermassive black holes, an official statement said on Monday.Dr. Aru Beri from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), an autonomous institution under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), used the e-MERLIN radio array, an…
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New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) A new study from Indian scientists probed the possibility of some of the smallest galaxies- dwarf spheroidal galaxies orbiting the Milky Way, hosting black holes and found data “fully consistent with the presence of intermediate-mass black holes,” an official statement said on Friday.The study by K. Aditya and Arun Mangalam of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics built self‑consistent dynamical models that include three gravitational components — stars, a dark matt…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Jitendra Singh on Thursday said the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched a series of structured initiatives to involve students and young researchers in satellite development, payload experiments and space missions.Replying to an un-starred question in the Rajya Sabha, Singh said the government is committed to democratising access to space technology, ensuring t…