May 27, 2026

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Loktak in universe: Meitei astrophysicist leads discovery of 12.6-billion-year-old galaxy protocluster | Guwahati News

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GUWAHATI: An Indian astrophysicist from Manipur, based at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), has led an international team to discover a 12.6-billion-year-old primitive galaxy protocluster, described as the “seeds” of today’s massive cosmic structures.The structure, located in the direction of the constellation Sextans, has been named the ‘Loktak Protocluster’ after Manipur’s Loktak Lake,…

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Explained: Why controversial Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb’s 3I/ATLAS alien theory doesn’t add up |

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Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has revived the extraterrestrial debate, but astronomers say the numbers, not the narrative, tell the real story.When Harvard’s Avi Loeb claimed that 3I/ATLAS — a Manhattan-sized interstellar comet — might be “manufactured” by another civilisation, it immediately drew global headlines. After all, Loeb was the same scientist who once said 2017’s…

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