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Computer Game Review: THARSIS: A Strategy Game Set on the Volcanic Hearth of Mars
Tharsis is a tense, turn-based survival strategy game where you command the crew of a damaged spacecraft on a mission to Mars. The game is built around dice-based decision making, resource management, and constantly escalating crises. Every turn forces difficult… Continue reading
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First Light with My Celestron Origin Mark II: The Andromeda Galaxy
I’m beyond excited to share the very first image taken with my brand-new Celestron Origin Mark II telescope! ✨ Behold — the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), our nearest spiral galaxy neighbor, located about 2.5 million light-years away. It’s incredible to think… Continue reading
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What Came Before the Big Bang?
This post is based on a project that I completed and presented during the Columbia University Pre-College Program in the summer of 2025, under the guidance of Dr. Paul M. Sutter. The goal of the project was to explore one… Continue reading
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Book Review: Paul M. Sutter’s Your Place in the Universe.
Paul M. Sutter’s Your Place in the Universe immediately reminded me of my experience this summer in his Columbia University Pre-College course, The Origin and Evolution of the Universe (ASTO0101-D01). In both the book and the class, Dr. Sutter made… Continue reading
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S.E.T.I: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
This summer at Harvard University Summer School, in my course Planets, Moons, and Their Stars: The Search for Life in the Cosmos with Prof. Dr. Alessandro Massarotti, I chose to focus my final research project on one of the most… Continue reading
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Book Review: Jeffrey Bennet’s Life in the Universe
While working on my Harvard Summer School project about the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) in Prof. Massarotti’s class Planets, Moons, and Their Stars: The Search for Life in the Cosmos, I read Life in the Universe, 5th Edition by… Continue reading
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WHITE HOLES: From Black Holes to White Holes: A Quantum Rebirth of the Universe
This summer at Harvard University Summer School, I had the chance to study A Short Tour of the Universe Guided by Einstein and Others with Prof. Dr. Arvind Borde. For my project, I chose to focus on white holes, which… Continue reading
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Book Review: Carlo Rovelli’s White Holes
This summer at Harvard Summer School, while taking A Short Tour of the Universe Guided by Einstein and Others with Prof. Dr. Arvind Borde, I decided to read Carlo Rovelli’s book White Holes. From the very first pages, I was… Continue reading
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Where is Everybody? The Drake Equation
The Drake Equation is a probabilistic formula developed by astronomer Frank Drake in 1961 to estimate the number of active, communicative extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way galaxy. Rather than providing a definitive answer, the equation serves as a framework… Continue reading
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Computer Game Recommendation: Endless Space 2
Endless Space 2 is a turn-based sci-fi strategy game where players guide unique civilizations through exploration, diplomacy, technological advancement, and warfare across a richly detailed galaxy. Continue reading
