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
Scientists say Earth-like planets may not be common in the universe
A dense metallic core, a silicate mantle, and a thin atmosphere on top—this familiar internal structure of rocky planets may be a rarity in the universe.
On a 'Hot Jupiter', day begins with clouds; by nightfall those clouds vanish—here's why
The 'Hot Jupiter' exoplanet located roughly 700 light-years away is called WASP 94A b.
15 years of data reveals temperate super-Earth around a red dwarf star just 28 light-years away
The planet is six times more massive than Earth, but colder than our home planet.
NASA discovers lava-like material that could help astronauts 'live off the land' on the Moon
The new material could help the agency design technology that could house molten lunar rocks from where resources like metals and oxygen could be extracted.
Could scientists have missed signs of alien life? Study highlights risk of 'false negatives'
The study warns that the search for alien life could be marred by the fear of 'false positives'.
James Webb Space Telescope spots a Saturn-mass exoplanet that has Earth-like temperatures
Despite being hotter than Earth, the exoplanet's temperature is mild by giant planet standards.
Why do some solar eruptions abruptly die? New study sheds light on the scientific mystery
Astronomers detected a hidden 'magnetic cage' that sometimes stops powerful solar eruptions.
Colonizers may not need to transport building tools to Mars—they could just print them, says study
A new study led by a recent graduate of the University of Arkansas suggests that 3D printing tools might be possible on the Red Planet.
Asteroid impacts may have helped create microbes that gave Earth its oxygen-rich atmosphere
Billions of years ago, oxygen-producing microbial life flourished in an impact-generated crater filled with warm water.
Giant 50-meter observatory could pierce interstellar dust, revealing the hidden half of the cosmos
The proposed observatory will also search for the molecular building blocks of life in deep space.
Scientists have designed a reptile-inspired Mars rover that can 'swim' through sand
“The wheels mimic the animal’s characteristic interaction with the ground, generating both longitudinal and lateral forces."
NASA's Chandra finds the 'most relaxed' galaxy cluster in the universe had a rather turbulent past
The cluster named Abell 2029 collided with a smaller galaxy cluster, and its effects are still visible.
NASA's Hubble images rare post-starburst galaxy located 100 million light-years away
The galaxy called NGC 1266 is in a phase when it has gone past its burst of star formation but is yet to become a quieter elliptical galaxy.
The Milky Way was in a catastrophic collision 11 billion years ago that set off a 'galactic firework'
The collision played a vital role in shaping the modern look of the Milky Way.
Water on near-Earth asteroids can make spaceflight cheaper
“There was and is a lot more water in near-Earth space than we thought.”
Stardust trapped in Antarctic ice reveal our solar system's journey through a cosmic cloud
Fluctuating levels of radioactive iron-60 suggest the solar system recently entered a cosmic cloud.
The butterfly effect in galaxy formation: How minute changes in star positions affect development
The study challenges assumptions that galaxies are too vast to be affected by small changes.
New instrument, TIME, maps the Milky Way's core to prepare for a survey of the early universe
Astronomers tested the TIME spectrometer on our own galaxy before aiming it at the cosmic dawn.
James Webb Space Telescope provides never-seen-before map of the universe
The map traces back to the point when the universe was 1 billion years old.
What should astrobiologists look for while they search for alien life? A new study has an answer
The new study published in Nature Astronomy stresses the need to look for patterns in organic molecules and not just the molecules themselves.