Creating Matter from Light!

We have all heard of Albert Einstein’s famous equation E = mc2 . This equation relates how energy and matter are basically two sides of the same coin. History has taught us the measure of this equation in World War II where atomic bombs demonstrated how a tiny amount of matter could equate to an […]

Recipe: Nuclear Pasta, Chef: Neutron Star

The universe has a penchant for cooking up all sorts of weird things. If it weren’t enough with black holes, supermassive stars, etc. astrophysics also postulates the existence of nuclear pasta, an exotic type of matter, within the interiors of neutron stars. To understand neutron stars, we need to know how stars behave. The bigger […]

WatchMojo Unveiled: Advanced civilizations and the Kardashev scale

Looking at how much technology has progressed over the last century, we have a strong argument toward greater advancement over shorter timescales for the foreseeable future. This begs the question, is there an upper limit to human civilization? I mean, how far can we go? My latest script for WatchMojo Unveiled tackled these questions in […]

Hide & Seek – Light From Behind a Black Hole Edition

Black holes have captivated our imagination ever since they were first hypothesized by English astronomer and clergyman John Michell, all the way back in 1784. Michell proposed the idea of a celestial body so massive that even light could not escape it, referring to them as dark stars. Unfortunately, little was made of Michell’s hypothesis. […]

Does the Great Filter spell doom for humanity?

Much like how we use a sieve to strain or refine liquids and dry ingredients, the Great Filter is a universal sieve with its primary ingredient being actual species, and in our case, humanity. The Great Filter is the response to a question posed by Nobel Laureate and physicist Enrico Fermi when he pondered about […]

My first GFX project at PBS Spacetime: Vacuum Decay and the End of the Universe

Recently, I was offered the opportunity to work with the team at PBS Spacetime, a Youtube Channel that explores all things crazy in astrophysics, and pretty much everything beyond our planet. Collaborating with the Spacetime team, I was responsible for Graphics Visualizations, in an awesome experience where we try to find means to illustrate and […]

Noble metal – Semiconductor Plasmonics – My first article for Massive Science!

As I’ve been busy preparing for my doctoral defense over the last week or so, I was a little late to this news, but I’m nevertheless very happy to discover that my first article for Massive Science got featured on their webpage! The article dives into the crucial application of metal nanoparticles in artificial photocatalysts, […]

My First Project at Watch Mojo’s Unveiled: What If We’re Living Inside A Black Hole?

Recently, I became a script writer for WatchMojo’s science channel Unveiled. My first project script had me address a topic in a field that I love: astrophysics. The question? What If We’re Living Inside A Black Hole? One of the more spectacular theories to come out of astrophysics involves the possibility that our universe exists […]

Radio Telescopes: Listening to the Past

The basic actions of observation and introspection have been crucial to our growth as a species. Our ancestors gazed with great curiosity upon the star-studded night sky. Like moths to a flame, we were drawn to the expansive wonder that was the cosmos. Reminiscent of an unexplored ocean, it lay open for all to traverse […]

COSMOS: A Personal Voyage (1980) – “Re-View”

The first I heard of Carl Sagan was in high school when one of my professors suggested science writing as a prospective career path. He would mention his admiration for Sagan’s ability to dissect scientific concepts and communicate them to his readers in an eloquent manner. He would suggest I follow in his footsteps and […]