Research in basic sciences now requires resources that no one country can provide. — Priyamvada Natarajan Copy Share Image
We cannot explain the phenomenon of gravitational lensing without general relativity, and this is where MOND spectacularly fails. — Priyamvada Natarajan Copy Share Image
We cannot decide on the efficacy of a medical treatment by counting the number of 'Likes' an intervention receives on Facebook; no matter what,… — Priyamvada Natarajan Copy Share Image
Evidence has been mounting for the key role that black holes play in the process of galaxy formation. But it now appears that they… — Priyamvada Natarajan Copy Share Image
The deep fascination with the mysterious, and the impulse to seek and locate ourselves in the cosmic context, seems to be imprinted in our… — Priyamvada Natarajan Copy Share Image
I am a professor of astronomy and physics at Yale University, where I teach an introductory class in cosmology. I see the deficiencies that… — Priyamvada Natarajan Copy Share Image
Mapping, both literal and metaphorical, has always been about our quest for knowing. — Priyamvada Natarajan Copy Share Image
Scientific knowledge is, by its nature, provisional. This is due to the fact that as time goes on, with the invention of better instruments,… — Priyamvada Natarajan Copy Share Image
Black holes are enigmatic astronomical objects, areas where the gravity is so immense that it has warped spacetime so that not even light can… — Priyamvada Natarajan Copy Share Image
Being nimble and ready to change our minds if need be is an attribute that is crucial to live and thrive in a society… — Priyamvada Natarajan Copy Share Image
Research in basic sciences now requires resources that no one country can provide. — Priyamvada Natarajan Copy Share Image
It is my idea that the public needs to be better educated about the nature of scientific inquiry and how the scientific process works.… — Priyamvada Natarajan Copy Share Image
The precise effects of lensing depend on the mass of the lens, the structure of space-time, and the relative distance between us, the lens,… — Priyamvada Natarajan Copy Share Image
