Biplab Das
A science journalist and writer who has been writing since 1997 on a wide range of science and technology topics. Worked with print, audio, audio-visual and online media. Over the years, he honed his skills to tell stories of how we and other living organisms emerged on earth and our and their place in cosmos.
He is elated to get the opportunity to write for ‘Starlust’. He hopes that it will give him scope to know, explore and portray space and its unending mystery more intimately.
He is an avid reader. His favorite subjects are origin of the universe, big bang, black holes, evolution and films. The books by Carl Sagan, Paul Davies, and Lee Smolin fuel his interest in space further.
His stories appeared in online magazines of Springer Nature, UK, Australian magazine ‘Cosmos’, US-based ‘Chemical & Engineering News’, London-based ‘SciDev.Net’, and India-based ‘Down To Earth’, ‘The Telegraph’, and ‘The Statesman’. He wrote scripts for science documentary films for CSIR, New Delhi, and science radio talks for ‘All India Radio’, Kolkata and did research work for an audio-visual series on zero-waste for Mumbai-based ‘Times Television Network’.
Latest From Biplab Das
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The organic molecules were found within dense cocoons of gas surrounding newborn stars.
Nuclear weapons in space? MIT scientist proposes way to detect hidden nukes on satellites
The proposal involves an inspector satellite with a neutron detector that could identify nukes.
Lunar cement alternative spent six months in space's harsh conditions and got stronger
Samples of the materials were sent to the International Space Station, where they were exposed to the harsh conditions of low-Earth orbit.
Buck Moon 2026: Can you see the Milky Way during July's Full Moon?
The Buck Moon is the second Full Moon of the summer. Here's how it'll affect stargazers.
Scientists find AI can be fooled into detecting false signs of alien life
In virtual experiments, AI repeatedly misread dead digital organisms as self-replicating life.
Buck Moon 2026: Five little-known facts about July's Full Moon
Facts about the Buck Moon at a glance, from folklore to myth-busting science.
NASA-backed coating for space shield roughly 250x thinner than a human hair could help detect alien life
The coating could be applied on future spacecraft designed to block light from distant stars hosting exoplanets.
Newly discovered quasars, as bright as a trillion Suns, are offering a glimpse of the early universe
The quasars date back to a time when the universe was only 670 million years old.
Chinese space probe travels 621 million miles over 400 days to study an asteroid, shares photo
The probe has imaged the asteroid and will carry out scientific tests after landing on it.
Scientists find potentially habitable Earth-like planet not too far from our own solar neighborhood
The planet is being described as our "next-door neighbor."
Scientists propose novel particle detector that could help hunt down elusive dark matter
The proposed semiconductor-based design uses magnetic fields to catch dark matter particles.
Scientists discover a rare Neptune-sized exoplanet that leaves a mark on its host star
The planet transfer its magnetic energy into the outer atmosphere of its star.
Solar storms may be protecting Earth from even the strongest of cosmic rays
The discovery could transform how researchers monitor and forecast solar storms that have harmful effects on satellites, communication systems, and power grids.
Ancient Mars may have seen geological activity once thought unique to Earth
Despite lacking moving plates, the Red planet's magmatic systems may have run for thousands of kilometers.
Asteroid Day 2026: Remembering the 1908 Tunguska event that flattened 772 square miles of Siberian forest
That asteroid explosion over Tunguska was 1,000 times stronger than the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima.
Astronomers confirm long-held suspicion, find star-forming fuel in early universe
This discovery provides important insights into how the first galaxies in the early universe grew so massive.
Large Hadron Collider, detector of 'God particle,' will be out of action for 4 years, starting today
The world's most powerful particle accelerator will undergo some major upgrades during the 4-year hiatus.
Hubble sees starlight from a galaxy just 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang—what did it reveal?
Tightly clustered young stars in an ancient galaxy ionized the early universe's opaque gas.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe hits 430,000 mph during latest flyby just 3.8 million miles above the Sun
The data collected by Parker Solar Probe serves to enhance our understanding of the science behind various solar events.
The Milky Way's chaotic center has an island of calm gas that can spawn new stars, a study finds
The study provides clues to how the Sun was born about 4.5 billion years ago.