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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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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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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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Breakthroughs of 2025: Astrobiology: Searching for Life on Mars
Did NASA’s Perseverance Rover Discover Signs of Ancient Life on Mars? In 2025, one of the most exciting moments in astrobiology came from NASA’s Perseverance rover as it continued exploring Mars. While studying Jezero Crater, a region that once contained… Continue reading
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Breakthroughs of 2025: Astronomy: Strange Red Dots in Deep Space
JWST’s Little Red Dots and the Mystery of QSO1 One of the most exciting breakthroughs in astronomy in 2025 came from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and a mysterious population of objects known as Little Red Dots. At first… 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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