Frontiers in Physics

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29/12/2015

Today in Science:
29 Dec 1888, the Great Nebula in Andromeda, M31, was photographed by Isaac Roberts, with a 4-hour exposure using a 20-inch aperture reflecting telescope. It was undoubtedly his finest achievement, for it provided one of the best defined images up to that time. He was a pioneer in the technique of guiding an optical telescope to remain steadily pointed at a particular point in the sky, to compensate during a long-exposure for the rotation of the earth. In the same month, he presented his photographic evidence to a meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society, showing that Andromeda was of the spiral type, illustrating the main idea of the nebula hypothesis. He had made earlier photographs on 15 Nov 1887, and the first two days of 1887. He also successfully photographed other galaxies.

27/12/2015

Today for science
Johannes Keplar
Born 27 Dec 1571
German astronomer who formulated three major laws of planetary motion which enabled Isaac Newton to devise the law of gravitation. Working from the carefully measured positions of the planets recorded by Tycho Brahe, Kepler mathematically deduced three relationships from the data:
(1) the planets move in elliptical orbits with the Sun at one focus;
(2) the radius vector sweeps out equal areas in equal times; and
(3) for two planets the squares of their periods are proportional to the cubes of their mean distances from the sun. Kepler suggested that the tides were caused by the attraction of the moon. He believed that the universe was governed by mathematical rules, but recognized the importance of experimental verifications

26/12/2015

Today in science...
26 Dec 1898, Polish-French scientist Marie Curie discovered the radioactive element radium while experimenting with pitchblende, a common uranium ore. She had observed that this ore was more radioactive than refined uranium. This indicated that there must be another element, even more radioactive than uranium, mixed in with this ore. During the years between 1899 and 1902, Marie Curie dissolved, filtered and repeatedly crystallized nearly three tons of pitchblende. The goal of that work was a refined sample of the element - the yield was about 0.1 gram. This was enough for spectroscopic examination, and to determine the exact atomic weight of radium. This discovery, along with the element polonium, earned her a second Nobel Prize in 1911.

24/12/2015

Frontiers in Physics-IX registrations open!

Frontiers in Physics is an annual National Seminar organized by the students for the students. The two day seminar will be graced by speakers from various national and international institutes like IUCAA, NCRA, IISER, TIFR, IIT, SPPU, etc. All the eminent scientists will embark on a journey, covering various fields of Physics.

Date:19th and 20th Jan 2016
Time: 09:30 to 17:30 hrs
Venue: Amphitheatre, Fergusson College, Pune-04

Last date or registration: 12th Jan, 2016
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Last date for abstract submission 8th Jan, 2016

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17/12/2015

Great news guys!!!
Get ready for our Annual mega event.
Dates for FRONTIERS IN PHYSICS-IX have been confirmed and the 9th edition of the event will be organized on 19 & 20 Jan, 2016. Registrations open in 3 days.

15/12/2015

Today in Science (15 Dec)
In 1612, Simon Marius (who named Jupiter's 4 inner satellites) was the first to observe Andromeda galaxy through a telescope. He described it in the preface to his Mundus Jovialis as, “like the flame of a candle seen through horn.” The Andromeda galaxy is the most distant object in the sky that can be seen by the unaided eye.

14/12/2015

Geminides Meteor shower peak today (14/12/2015) at 11.30 p.m. IST...
It is the most beautiful and popular meteor shower for the Northern hemisphere, where you can easily spot meteors after 10.00 p.m...
ZHR today-120
May you spot a Boloid & a Fireball...
Happy observations...

10/12/2015

Today in Science...
10th December...
In 1901, at the first Nobel Prize Award Ceremony, the king of Sweden distributed the first Nobel Prizes, in accordance with the will of inventor Alfred Nobel. The day was the anniversary of Nobel's death. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences had decided on 10 Nov 1901 to award the first Nobel Prize in Physics to Wilhelm Röntgen for his discovery of X-rays and the first Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Jacobus H. van't Hoff for his work on rates of reaction, equilibrium and osmotic pressure. The first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was given to Emil von Behring, for his work on serum therapy, particularly for its use in the treatment of diphtheria. His Nobel diploma was dated 30 Oct 1901, signed by staff at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm

09/12/2015

Today in Science:
Henry Way Kendell
Born 9 Dec 1926; died 15 Feb1999
American nuclear physicist who shared the 1990 Nobel Prize for Physics with Jerome Isaac Friedman and Richard E. Taylor for obtaining experimental evidence for the existence of the subatomic particles known as quarks. To study the internal structure of the proton, they worked with the 3-km linear accelerator recently opened at Stanford (SLAC). Electrons were accelerated to an energy of 20,000 million electronvolts and directed against a target of liquid hydrogen. In 1969 Kendall helped found the Union of Concerned Scientists. In 1997, in connection with the Kyoto Climate Summit, he helped produce a statement signed by 2,000 scientists calling for action on global warming.

08/12/2015

Hey guys...
Get ready for the next edition of Frontiers in Physics... 3rd week of January 2016... Future posts will update you about the dates of the event...

30/08/2015

TODAY IN SCIENCE...
In 1979, Comet Howard-Koomen-Michels (SOLWIND I) collided with the Sun, the first recorded comet to collide with Sun and the first discovered by a spacecraft. The coronographs taken on 30 and 31 Aug 1979 from the satellite P78-1 used to monitor solar corona activity were not inspected until Sep 1981, by Russ Howard. The recording instruments were designed and operated by Martin Koomen and Don Michels. The remarkable series of images showed the comet heading around the Sun. Its perihelion distance was too small, and the head did not reappear from behind the Sun, presumably disintegrated by the heat of the sun. The decapitated comet's tail continued, becoming fan-like, brightening the corona, until dissipated and blown away from the Sun.