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
Lab-made cosmic dust could show how life began on Earth
The lab-made cosmic dust shows the same infrared signals as the dust found in outer space.
Hubble Space Telescope captures sharpest image of rare 'lens-shaped' galaxy
NGC 7722, captured by Hubble, sits somewhere between an elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy.
NASA's Perseverance rover successfully completes first AI-directed drive on Mars
Perseverance conducted two drives, one on December 8 and the other on December 10, 2025.
Here's how the Artemis II astronauts prepared for their historic trip around the Moon
The four astronauts of the Artemis II mission started preparing for their journey in 2023.
What part of the Moon will the astronauts get to see on the Artemis II mission?
The Artemis II mission is set to carry humans farther than ever before, breaking the record set by Apollo 13.
Artemis II mission will take bone marrow cells on thumb-drive-sized chips to the Moon
After returning to Earth, these cells from the AVATAR experiment will reveal how space radiation and microgravity affect the human body.
What triggers massive Milky Way stars to run away from their birthplaces?
For the study, the researchers analyzed 214 of the most massive stars in the Milky Way.
Artemis II's free return trajectory: What it is and how it will protect the astronauts
"This ‘fail-safe’ rationale was key to Apollo 8’s flight in 1968, which used a free return trajectory to send the first humans to orbit the Moon and back safely," said an ex-ISRO scientist.
James Webb Telescope's new map is strong proof that there would be no life without dark matter
The ghostly matter co-evolved with regular matter that makes up the visible universe.
ESA's Solar Orbiter captures unprecedented view of magnetic avalanche on Sun
The Solar Orbiter's observation was a huge step in understanding the mechanism behind powerful solar flares.
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS reaches rare Earth-Sun alignment on January 22
The other two known interstellar comets did not offer such an opportunity.
SPHEREx images show a marked difference in 3I/ATLAS' activity before and after perihelion
SPHEREx first analyzed the interstellar comet in August, when it was between Jupiter and Mars.
ESA's Proba-3 images multiple solar prominence eruptions in just hours
Proba-3 took an image of the Sun's inner corona every five minutes during an active period in September last year.
Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) may become the brightest comet of 2026
It might be the comet of the year and outshine its predecessors.
Hubble Space Telescope captures powerful stellar explosion lighting up nearby clouds
HH 80/81, as captured by the Hubble telescope in the latest image, are the brightest Herbig-Haro (HH) objects known to exist.
Scientists recreate the ocean of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus in lab
Lab simulations show that Enceladus, Saturn's icy moon, is actively producing building blocks of life.
Scientists may have finally uncovered why the Moon appears lopsided
Scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences analyzed lunar soil and rock brought back from the far side by Chang’e-6 and found the possible answer.
Mysterious iron 'bar' spotted inside the iconic Ring Nebula
The researchers found that the mass of iron atoms in the bar is comparable to the mass of Mars.
Controlled experiment allowed viruses to attack bacteria in space—and the results surprised scientists
For the research, scientists compared samples incubated on Earth and on the International Space Station.
Mars may be tiny but its impact on Earth's ice ages has been immense
New research suggests that the Red Planet might have a lot to do with how life has progressed on Earth.