Intervention Quote by Priyamvada Natarajan

We cannot explain the phenomenon of gravitational lensing without general relativity, and this is where MOND spectacularly fails.

— Priyamvada Natarajan

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

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

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

Mapping, both literal and metaphorical, has always been about our quest for knowing.

— Priyamvada Natarajan

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

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

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

Research in basic sciences now requires resources that no one country can provide.

— Priyamvada Natarajan

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

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

If you know the shape of the lens and the image you get, you can work out the path that light followed between the…

— Priyamvada Natarajan