Manish Mishra

Nobel laureate and renowned astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was known not only for his groundbreaking work in astrophysics but also for his extraordinary dedication to teaching.

Have a look at this THREAD: 👇🏻 (1/n)

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A century ago, in the summer of 1925, physicist Werner Heisenberg retreated to the island of Heligoland in the North Sea, seeking relief from severe hay fever. But what he found instead was a revolutionary idea. (1/n)

( © Werner Heisenberg - Archiv; Photograph by Fritz Hund.)

A petavoxel fragment of human cerebral cortex reconstructed at nanoscale resolution To fully understand how the human brain works, knowledge of its structure at high resolution is needed. Presented here is a computationally intensive reconstruction of the ultrastructure of a cubic mi...

🔗 Read more: science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk4858

“Last year in @science.org, researchers reported a nanoscale-resolution reconstruction of a millimeter-scale fragment of human cerebral cortex, giving an unprecedented view into the structural organization of brain tissue at the supracellular, cellular, and subcellular levels.”

This is the most detailed view of a human brain ever captured. It shows the complex connections of a single neuron with incredible clarity. Looks like the universe 🙂

This research gives scientists a better understanding of how the brain works and how diseases might affect it.

(P.C: @science.org)

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“Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.” ~Feynman

(Source: Book - Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!)

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This next-generation space telescope will be more powerful than anything we’ve ever built, drawing on decades of innovation from the Hubble, James Webb (JWST), and upcoming Roman Space Telescopes.

It’s truly a major leap forward in our search for life beyond Earth. Exciting times lie ahead. ✨

#HWO

YouTube video by Manish Mishra Habitable Worlds Observatory: NASA's Mission to Find Life Outside Earth

NASA is building its most ambitious space telescope yet — the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) — designed to search for signs of life beyond our solar system.

It’s a bold step toward answering one of humanity’s biggest questions: Are we alone???

📽️: youtu.be/V2WXzBm2N0o?...

#HWO #HWO2025 #NASA

This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered

YouTube video by Space Telescope Science Institute Habitable Worlds Observatory — Building on the legacies of Hubble, Webb and Roman space telescopes

Building on the legacies of the Hubble, James Webb and Nancy Grace Roman space telescopes, the Habitable Worlds Observatory would search for and characterize habitable planets beyond our solar system. 🔭 🧪 ☄️ #HWO2025 #HWO25

The Habitable Worlds Observatory would be the first telescope designed specifically to search for signs of life on planets orbiting other stars. More about the planned observatory: go.nasa.gov/HWO #HWO2025 🔭 🧪 ☄️

Superheated Gold Hits Temperatures Higher Than the Sun’s Surface—Without Melting Physicists superheated gold to 14 times its melting point, disproving a long-standing prediction about the temperature limits of solids

Wild! Scientists turned the world's largest X-ray laser on superheated gold and found that it had reached 33,000 degrees Fahrenheit without melting. The discovery seems to upend longstanding predictions of thermodynamics. www.scientificamerican.com/article/phys...

Great minds... bsky.app/profile/gene...

America makes it hard for nations who want to be full partners in space. First #NASA / #ISRO launch #NISAR while #POTUS simultaneously slaps punitive tariffs on #India.

Image of the NISAR Spacecraft via NASA JPL

#NASA #ISRO #NISAR - According to the Press kit, after launch, the mission team will begin a commissioning phase that is expected to last about 90 days. NISAR spacecraft systems will be checked out & the boom and giant radar antenna reflector deployed & performance checked.

#NISAR 🚀🛰️🌏

Today’s the day. Time to ignite the engines! 🚀🌏

The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission is set to launch today at 8:10 a.m. EDT (5:40 p.m. IST), from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on India’s southeastern coast.

#NISAR

YouTube video by Manish Mishra #NISAR: How It Works and Observes Earth Globally

📽️:: Check out this video: youtu.be/vDhpABMKfjw?... 👈🏻

📌 Note: This video was recorded in 2020, when the mission was originally planned for a 2022 launch. Due to several delays, the launch was rescheduled to 2025—and today, it’s finally happening!

#NISAR #NASA #ISRO #Mission

Curious how #NISAR works and how it observes Earth on a global scale?

Back in 2020, I asked exactly that to Paul Rosen, the Project Scientist for NISAR at NASA-JPL. In this insightful video, Paul explains how NISAR functions and how it will observe Earth on a global scale.

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With a whopping $1.5 billion invested, this is the most data-intensive Earth observation mission ever launched.

Can't wait to see lift-off 🚀🌏

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It’s designed to deliver data at a level of detail never seen before.

NISAR can detect surface movements as small as 1 centimeter—a phenomenal capability for studying earthquakes, ice sheet shifts, forest biomass, and more.

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Equipped with cutting-edge radar systems that can see through clouds, vegetation, and even darkness, NISAR will scan Earth’s entire surface every 12 days, providing global data roughly every 6 days on average, over a baseline mission of 3 years.

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ISRO is all set to launch the much-awaited NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite — a landmark joint mission between ISRO and NASA‬!

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Today’s the day. Time to ignite the engines! 🚀🌏

The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission is set to launch today at 8:10 a.m. EDT (5:40 p.m. IST), from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on India’s southeastern coast.

#NISAR

100 years of #quantum mechanics

#OnThisDay in 1925, in a letter to Wolfgang Pauli, Werner Heisenberg revealed his new ideas, which were to revolutionise physics.

Read more: home.cern/news/news/ph...

Lots of “AI junk” these days, literally 😕

In a letter dated April 13, 1901, Albert Einstein’s father, Hermann Einstein, wrote to the renowned chemist Wilhelm Ostwald. In a heartfelt and quietly dignified appeal, he shared his son's deep frustration and struggles, hoping to help him-without Albert's knowledge.

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Albert Einstein at the age of 19, during his university years at the ETH in Zürich, Switzerland. Little did he know, those very thoughts about light's behavior at that time would later lead him to his groundbreaking special theory of relativity.

(Photo Credit: ETH-Bibliothek)

this was my very first post on this platform