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Jayant Narlikar was a pioneering Indian astrophysicist best known for championing the Steady State theory alongside Fred Hoyle. Though the theory eventually lost ground to the Big Bang model, Narlikar’s contributions were crucial in shaping modern cosmological debate. Beyond research, he was a passionate science communicator who inspired generations of Indian scientists. His legacy endures in both the classroom and the cosmos.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has observed that about two-thirds of distant galaxies in a recent study appear to rotate clockwise. This surprising result, based on data from the JADES survey, suggests a possible large-scale asymmetry in the universe - something not fully explained by current cosmological models. Scientists are now investigating whether this pattern is real or the result of observational bias.