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World’s Biggest Telescope Meets World’s Second Fastest Supercomputer

The Tianhe-2 supercomputer in China has run prototype data software that will someday become the ‘brain’ of the Square Kilometer Array telescope.

A radio telescope network the size of the Earth has revealed what happens when a supermassive black hole destroys a star.

Using the Subaru Telescope's Hyper Suprime-Cam prime-focus camera, astronomers have uncovered faint images of a nearby galaxy.

10 Years Of Celebrating Asia’s Researchers

Every year, Asian Scientist Magazine publishes Asian Scientist 100, a carefully curated list of the best and brightest researchers and leaders in SETM in Asia. This year we complete a decade of doing so.
Learning From Environmental Defenders

Drawing on traditional knowledge systems, environmental researchers and policymakers in Asia are working with indigenous communities to design better strategies for environmental conservation.
The Equalizers

Across Asia, people with disabilities are breaking physical and social barriers to STEM fields, opening the way for others.