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Alak Ray

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Alak Ray is an Indian astronomer and high energy astrophysicist, who works on neutron stars, supernovae and GRBs. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 19 relations: Columbia University, Fulbright Program, Gamma-ray burst, Goddard Space Flight Center, Harvard Society of Fellows, Hindustan Times, International Astronomical Union, Malvin Ruderman, Nandivada Rathnasree, NASA, Nehru Planetarium, Neutron star, Pea galaxy, SGR 1806−20, Soft gamma repeater, Supernova, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, University of Calcutta, University of California, Irvine.

Columbia University

Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City.

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Fulbright Program

The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of the United States and other countries through the exchange of persons, knowledge, and skills.

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Gamma-ray burst

In gamma-ray astronomy, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are immensely energetic explosions that have been observed in distant galaxies, being the brightest and most extreme explosive events in the entire universe, as NASA describes the bursts as the "most powerful class of explosions in the universe".

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Goddard Space Flight Center

The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is a major NASA space research laboratory located approximately northeast of Washington, D.C. in Greenbelt, Maryland, United States.

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Harvard Society of Fellows

The Society of Fellows is a group of scholars selected at the beginnings of their careers by Harvard University for their potential to advance academic wisdom, upon whom are bestowed distinctive opportunities to foster their individual and intellectual growth.

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Hindustan Times

Hindustan Times is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi.

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International Astronomical Union

The International Astronomical Union (IAU; Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is an international non-governmental organization (INGO) with the objective of advancing astronomy in all aspects, including promoting astronomical research, outreach, education, and development through global cooperation.

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Malvin Ruderman

Malvin Avram Ruderman (born March 25, 1927) is an American physicist and astrophysicist.

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Nandivada Rathnasree

Nandivada Rathnasree (26 November 1963 – 9 May 2021) or N. Rathnasree was an Indian astrophysicist, science communicator, and science historian, who was the director of India's Nehru Planetarium for over twenty years. Alak Ray and Nandivada Rathnasree are Indian astrophysicists.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

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Nehru Planetarium

Nehru Planetariums are the five planetariums in India, named after India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.

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Neutron star

A neutron star is the collapsed core of a massive supergiant star.

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Pea galaxy

A Pea galaxy, also referred to as a Pea or Green Pea, might be a type of luminous blue compact galaxy that is undergoing very high rates of star formation.

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SGR 1806−20

SGR 1806−20 is a magnetar, a type of neutron star with a very powerful magnetic field, that was discovered in 1979 and identified as a soft gamma repeater.

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Soft gamma repeater

A soft gamma repeater (SGR) is an astronomical object which emits large bursts of gamma-rays and X-rays at irregular intervals.

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Supernova

A supernova (supernovae or supernovas) is a powerful and luminous explosion of a star.

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Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) is an Indian Research Institute under the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India.

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University of Calcutta

The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

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University of California, Irvine

The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alak_Ray