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Space Warps: Seeing the Universe Bend
What does it really mean for gravity to bend light? According to Einstein’s theory of General Relativity, massive objects such as stars and galaxies do not simply exist in space. They curve spacetime itself. When light from a distant galaxy… Continue reading
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SUMMER 26
I’m incredibly excited to share that I’ve been accepted to two amazing summer programs, COSMOS at the University of California, Davis and NASA’s GeneLab for High Schools (GL4HS) At COSMOS, I will be part of the Introduction to Astrophysics cluster,… Continue reading
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Echoes from a White Hole
My Book Is Now Published on Amazon! I’m so excited to share that my second book, Echoes from a White Hole, is now officially published on Amazon! This project started as a question that wouldn’t leave me alone:What if information… Continue reading
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WHAT IS TIME REALLY?
What is time? It feels like something simple we use every day, but when you really think about it, it becomes much more mysterious. Does time have a beginning? Does it flow the same everywhere? And where is it actually… Continue reading
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Inside Griffith Observatory
This Friday night, I visited Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, and it was an amazing experience. Even without observing the night sky directly, the visit was full of interesting science and technology. One of the highlights was the observatory’s historic… Continue reading
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BOOK REVIEW: Carlo Rovelli’s The Order of Time
What is time really? Is it something that always moves forward the same way for everyone? In The Order of Time, Carlo Rovelli shows that time is much more complicated and surprising than it seems. At the beginning, Rovelli explains… Continue reading
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A Star Disappears: New Black Hole Insights from the Simons Foundation’s Flatiron Institute
What if a massive star simply vanished? Not in a brilliant supernova explosion.Not in a cosmic blaze of glory.But quietly. Astronomers have just witnessed exactly that. A team led by Kishalay De at the Simons Foundation’s Flatiron Institute discovered that… Continue reading
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When the Lights Go Out: A Timeline to the End of the Universe
When we look up at the night sky, it feels eternal. The stars seem steady and permanent, as if they have always been there and always will be. But cosmology tells a very different story. Scientists have outlined a possible… Continue reading
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What If Alien Life Doesn’t Look Like Life?
When scientists search for life beyond Earth, they usually look for things that resemble life here. For example, oxygen in a planet’s atmosphere is exciting because plants on Earth produce oxygen. Liquid water is important because all known life depends… Continue reading
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Astronomy Night Out: Seeing the Universe Through My Own Lens
On February 10, I attended Astronomy Night Out at the Chabot Space and Science Center, an evening dedicated to exploring astronomy through astrophotography. After dinner, we experienced a planetarium presentation titled Our Place in the Universe, which illustrated Earth’s position… Continue reading
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