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
Astronomers find molecules vital for life in a nearby star-forming cloud
The dust and gas cloud designated L1544 is located 554 light-years away in the Taurus Molecular Cloud.
Billions of years ago, a wet and warm Mars was possibly in its most habitable era
Aluminium-rich pebbles found in the Jezero Crater indicate that Mars was far from a cold, icy planet billions of years ago, as stated in another theory.
A brown dwarf may have dimmed a star in what was one of the longest eclipses ever
While typical eclipses last a few days or weeks, this one lasted nearly 200 days.
Failing to go supernova, an Andromeda supergiant star quietly collapsed into a black hole
The star used to be one of the brightest star in the neighboring Andromeda galaxy.
Astronomers have discovered a unique planetary system where planets are arranged 'inside out'
The fourth planet in the system is a rocky world, while the second and third ones are gas planets.
A Jupiter-family comet stuns scientists by abruptly reversing its spin after perihelion
Predicted to reach perihelion again in 2028, it will give astronomers a chance to get additional insights.
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, may have formed from the collision of two older moons, study finds
The collision may also be linked to the formation of the planet's iconic rings.
Scientists may have directly observed a black hole tearing apart a white dwarf for the first time
Intermediate-mass black holes have been the missing link in the study of supermassive black holes.
Massive gas giants in an alien star system may have formed the same way as Jupiter
The planets orbit a star around 133 light-years away from Earth.
NASA's Roman Telescope to map dark matter and dark energy more precisely than ever
Its electronic gaze will sift through endless voids and millions of galaxies to hunt dark matter.
Red supergiant in a nearby galaxy not as close to death as once thought
The star, named WOH G64, is 1500 times larger than the Sun.
Dark matter powers the Milky Way’s heart instead of a black hole, new study claims
The theory explains the violent dance of stars around the galactic center.
Andromeda is headed toward the Milky Way, while other galaxies are moving away—and now we know why
A sheet of dark matter lying beyond the boundary of the Local Group is responsible for this.
James Webb Space Telescope detects surprising abundance of organic molecules in nearby galaxy
The small organic molecules that were detected could be important for prebiotic chemistry.
Newly discovered comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) raises the question: Could it be visible in daylight?
The comet will fly so close to the Sun during perihelion that it might get completely vaporized.
A black hole belching out the remains of a star it ate is emitting more energy than the 'Death Star'
The radio waves emerging from the black hole will peak in 2027.
James Webb Space Telescope discovers 'Red Potato' galaxy
The galaxy has a low star formation rate despite being located in a huge gas reservoir.
NASA’s SPHEREx images 3I/ATLAS again, detects organic molecules in the interstellar comet
SPHEREx tracked the interstellar comet as it grew considerably brighter after perihelion.
Astronomers spot supernovas whose split light could tell us how fast the universe is expanding
One of the supernovas' light will arrive in another 60 years, while the other's will arrive in 1 to 2 years.
An annular solar eclipse is due this month: Here's what you need to know
While it will be a breathtaking sight, very few people will actually be able to witness it.