On Tue Apr 6 from 6–7 PM PDT, I’ll interview Prof. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein online about her new book “The Disordered Cosmos” – hosted by the Commonwealth Club. Free registration using codes “Student 100 OFF” or “INFORUMSG2021” commonwealthclub.org/events/2021-04…

Physics Photo Of the Day: Prof. Satyendra Nath Bose playing a esraj. Particle "Boson" is named after him. He's best known for his works on QM in the early 1920s, collaboration with Einstein in developing the foundation for Bose–Einstein statistics and Bose–Einstein condensate.

He is my wife’s maternal great grandmother’s (mom’s mom’s mom’s) first cousin!

This panel aims to unravel the baffling mysteries of our universe that our incredible scientists are finding ways to tap into. #space #astrophysics #cosmology #iisc #panel #science #technicheiitg #iit #iitg #iitguwahati #particlephysics

The discussion will be moderated by Dr Nirupam Roy who is an Assistant Professor at IISc Bangalore working on a variety of research areas. "The Cosmic Saga: Origins, Evolution and Eventual Fate of the Universe" #space #astrophysics #cosmology #iisc #panel #particlephysics #phy

Check out our new paper on the arXiv today: arxiv.org/abs/2108.09312. We report the discovery of three ultra-faint dwarf galaxies around NGC253. They are among the faintest systems discovered beyond the Local Group 🤩 (1/4)

Excited about my first-ever solo art show “Windows into the Soul” at the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara. It will feature 6 of my pencil portraits. The opening reception will be on Sat Oct2 from 1–4 PM PDT and the show will run through Jan 16. tritonmuseum.org/on-view

.Raja GuhaThakurta walked OR through our place in cosmos today (hint: we are all stardust). He also has an upcoming solo art show Triton Museum of Art starting next week. UC Santa Cruz University of California #SantaCruz UCSC Astrobiology UC Santa Cruz Science

Our colleague, UC Santa Cruz emeritus astrophysics professor Bill Matthews died over the weekend, from cancer. He was at Santa Cruz 52 years. Gosh, he was just the nicest guy you'd ever meet. He would be genuinely **overjoyed**, not merely happy, to see you in the hallway.

OKH is inviting you to two more Shadow the Astronomers events next week Oct. 12 and 13 from 4:30pm on each day to 3:15am the next day. If you want to watch live telescope observations, this is the place! Sign up here! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

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Please support the Science Internship Program and CrEST (Creating Equity in STEAM) initiatives at UC Santa Cruz givingday.ucsc.edu/giving-day/413…

Creating #StemEducation #access for the underserved communities and countries. Raja GuhaThakurta UC Santa Cruz great conversations and case studies to help young adults find meaning & purpose IC3 Movement conference in Hyderabad FC Ganesh Kohli Jim McLaughlin IC3 Institute #astronomy

Edge of the Milky Way: Astronomers have discovered over 200 stars that form the Milky Way's edge in the stellar halo component of our galaxy – halfway to the Andromeda galaxy.#space #astronomy #astrophysics #MilkyWay Raja GuhaThakurta UC Santa Cruz dlvr.it/Sgg9fw

TODAY 5pm PT on 🦑KSQD Radio🦑: Science is ON TAP in #SantaCruzCA. Looking forward to live radio! Tune in ksqd.org/listen/ways-to… . #ksqdradio #ksquid #communityradio #SantaCruzCounty Raja GuhaThakurta WiSE UCSC

Excited for my interview with Suki this afternoon and for my first Science on Tap talk at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History next Wednesday evening (January 27)!

What seems like science fiction can be tomorrow's reality: Dr. Puragra Guha Thakurta, Prof of Astronomy and Astrophysics, on possible lunar colonies Future isn't guaranteed, it depends on the decisions that our leaders will make in the coming years: @MarkusLandgraf, to @MadhavGK

The Indian Cricket Team: Excellence through DEI | Raja GuhaThakurta | TE... youtu.be/AIBbZLqQ8Q8?si… via YouTube

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We're honoured to host two stellar minds Prof. Raja Guhathakurta | Prof. Brian P Schmidt at Ashoka University for the #GreatIdeasSeminar under the Lodha Genius Programme Programme Read More: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur… Pramath Raj Sinha | प्रमथ राज सिन्हा Somak Raychaudhury K. VijayRaghavan Gautam Menon Sourav Pal ISRO