Is there life in the clouds of Venus? A few months ago, a startling announcement grabbed our attention. What is its status now? This is a wonderful example of how science works and how scientists follow up such discoveries. Please join astrophysicist Salman Hameed in discussing the current state of research regarding life on Venus.

See related episodes:
So..Is there really life on Venus? https://youtu.be/FeUtR7-jxdc
Mysterious Oxygen and Methane on Mars: https://youtu.be/cUdetvxaLkc

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Salman Hameed has a PhD in astronomy and is Charles Taylor Chair of Integrated Science & Humanities at Hampshire College and a member of the Five College Astronomy Department (FCAD) in Massachusetts, USA.
He is also the CEO of the non-profit Kainaat Studios (https://www.kainaatstudios.com/). Kainaati Samosay videos are  produced by Kainaat Studios.

Astronomers had never seen anything like this before. But 16 years later, the mystery of the 'Blue Ring Nebula' has been solved. It is a fascinating story of a star eating another one and belching out a lot of material. Please join astrophysicist Salman Hameed in figuring out how astronomers solved the mystery of the 'Blue Ring Nebula'.

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When there is hunger and poverty in the world, is there any justification for spending money on astronomy? Is there any real use of understanding - say - light from a galaxy billions of light years away? Please join astrophysicist Salman Hameed in exploring these questions.

Video of the podcast here: https://youtu.be/beF6BocBux8

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Black holes are strange. Now we have caught one in the act of destroying a whole star like our Sun. In the process, the star was "Spaghettified"! Join astrophysicist Salman Hameed in celebrating this year's Nobel physics prize for black holes and in exploring the way by which a black hole shredded a star in a galaxy 215 million light years away.

Video of the podcast here: https://youtu.be/CY5rY3SJ_lQ

Some exoplanet systems are strange. And some are really strange. Please join astrophysicist Salman Hameed in exploring a system where the planet is much bigger in size than its star. 
Video of the podcast here: https://youtu.be/6OAzGKHC53o

Venus is getting a lot of attention. The recent detection of phosphine has raised the possibility of the existence of life on Venus. Please join astrophysicist Salman Hameed in exploring the implications of this detection and how science works at the boundaries of known and unknown. 
Video of this podcast here: https://youtu.be/FeUtR7-jxdc

Dark Energy is one of the biggest mysteries of astronomy. Why do astronomers believe that most of the universe is made up of this dark energy? How did they discover that? Please join astrophysicist Salman Hameed in exploring the nature of Dark Energy.

Astronomers have discovered over 4000 planets! Some are weird (at least to us). These are not your every day planets. Meet strange planets - one with a super ring, one with a rain of glass, one a super Earth, and one without a star (really!!). And of course we will also meet the first one around a sun-like star. All of these defy what we think of planets. Please join astrophysicist Salman Hameed in exploring some of the strangest planets we have discovered so far.

In 1987, a star exploded as a supernova and it was visible to the naked eye. It is now one of the most studied supernovae ever! But astronomers have been unable to find the possible left-over core of the star: the neutron star. Up until now. There is now evidence that there is a 'blob' of gas at that is heated by this neutron star. This makes it the youngest neutron star that humans have ever detected: Only 33-years old!! Please join astrophysicist Salman Hameed in exploring how astronomers found this neutron star. 

Our universe started 13.8 billion years ago in what astronomers call a Big Bang. But what was before the Big Bang? Is there a scientific way to think about this question? How do we scientifically approach such questions? What about the concept of Multiverse? Is it testable? Please join astrophysicist Salman Hameed in exploring these question in this episode of Kainaati Gup Shup.
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