Sibsankar Palit

Founder & Executive Director @lifetoandbeyond 🧬🚀🌐
| Coordinator, SpaceCrew WG @innovaspacenews
| Visiting Scholar, @BlueMarbleSpace| Board Member at ACES

[Sibsankar Palit @chemistinspace]

Back from the ASI Symposium on Communicating Astronomy in India at IUCAA, Pune! 😍

Shared about our space scicomm efforts from @lifetoandbeyond, and it was amazing to connect with the astronomy community. 📡

Loved the tour of @IUCAAScipop and the #GMRT telescope.

#SCAI2026

[LIFE-To & Beyond Foundation® @lifetoandbeyond]

Take #Pride 🏳️‍🌈 — we’re all in Space 🌠

700+ humans in space, yet no openly LGBTQIA+ astronaut.
12 walked on the Moon — all men.

Space is vast. Our mindset should be too 💡
Representation matters.

#PrideMonth #SpaceForAll #Diversity

[Sibsankar Palit @chemistinspace]

All 'bout #ASI2026, Guwahati, Assam 🇮🇳

From experiencing #NorthEast, to sharing about #Space and #Astronomy #Scicomm efforts @lifetoandbeyond to conducting my debut #outreach in NE #India and networking with Astronomy professionals and enthusiasts from across 🇮🇳 and the globe😍.

[Sibsankar Palit @chemistinspace]

Remembering #RajaRamMohanRoy on his 254th birth anniversary 🤍

At a time when institutions are tested, free expression is challenged, and rational thought often faces resistance, Roy’s legacy reminds us of the power of #criticalthinking, #secularism, #humanity and #socialreform.

[Sibsankar Palit @chemistinspace]

Carl Sagan asked, "Who speaks for Earth?" 🌏
For 100 years, Sir #DavidAttenborough did 💚

From zero-G with NASA in 1984 🚀 to decades of showing us why our pale blue dot matters.

Happy 100th, Sir David 🎂 Thank you for a century of wonder.

#PlanetEarth #ClimateAction

[Sibsankar Palit @chemistinspace]

As we wrap up with April 2026, let's not forget how legendary it has been for us Humanity🌐🚀🌕.

Here's a humble effort to share about this legendary #Artemis2 mission in brief in Bengali✍️.

Happy reading in #Bengali📖 from Bigyan Kahon, ISNA Kolkata.
#scicomm #writing #space

[LIFE-To & Beyond Foundation® @lifetoandbeyond]

This #WorldHeritageDay 🌍 we share a rare gem from our Space Archives 🚀

An autographed postcard by @gagan_shux, 1st #Indian #astronaut to the ISS 🇮🇳. Signed in Kolkata after Axiom-4, Dec 2025.

Heritage isn’t just the past. It’s preserving milestones that shape our future 🌌

[LIFE-To & Beyond Foundation® @lifetoandbeyond]

65 years ago today, Yuri Gagarin became first Human in space.

Nov 1961, he told Kolkata: “India is very beautiful from above, but on Earth it is even more beautiful; real friends live here.” ❤️

#YuriGagarin #HumanSpaceflight

[Sibsankar Palit @chemistinspace]

65 years ago the 1st Human was launched to space and today, Artemis II was safely back to Earth from lunar orbit.👨‍🚀🌐🔄🌕👩‍🚀

THE BEST IS YET TO COME!
WHAT DO YOU THINK?

#HumanSpaceflight #ArtemisII #YuriGagarin #SpaceExploration #Future

[Sibsankar Palit @chemistinspace]

Posting a picture of the Moon I took using LIFE-To & Beyond Foundation® refractor telescope last month from Barasat near Kolkata before we receive photos tomorrow (in IST) morning from Artemis II🥹✨

Check out NASA live broadcast now: https://t.co/VgcOSLXPjf

#Artemis2 #scicomm

[Sibsankar Palit @chemistinspace]

Tonight feels special for humanity.
#ArtemisII

📡 Join Live NASA broadcast: https://t.co/2nNTK70Nqe
⏰ 3:52 AM IST (Apr 2)

Few days back I watched #ProjectHailMary and now we’re hours away from the Artemis II launch🌎🚀🌕.

For the love of science and art. 🎬

[LIFE-To & Beyond Foundation® @lifetoandbeyond]

The Beyonder's Space Forum 2026 was a celebration🤩🥳🥳🥳.

Few weeks back we celebrated 4 years of the @lifetoandbeyond and the National Science Day.

#SpaceForAll #ScienceCommunication #STEM

[Sibsankar Palit @chemistinspace]

GMRT📡📡📡🇮🇳
The Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope is one the crowning jewel of global science infrastructure in India.

This Jan 2026, I had an opportunity to finally visit this facility in-person😍.

@TIFRScience
#Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #GMRT #NCRATIFR #Memories

[Philosophy Of Physics @PhilosophyOfPhy]

In 1943, physicist Erwin Schrödinger delivered a remarkable series of public lectures, asking a question few physicists had seriously considered: What is life?

At a time when biology and physics were largely separate, he attempted to bridge them. His lectures, published in 1944 as What Is Life?,

Introduced a bold idea: genetic information must be stored in what he called an “aperiodic crystal,” a structure stable enough to preserve order yet complex enough to encode life itself.

The book did more than speculate; it inspired. A generation of young scientists found in it a new direction.

Among them were Francis Crick and James Watson, who would go on to uncover the double helix structure of DNA.

Both later acknowledged that Schrödinger’s ideas guided them toward the emerging field of molecular biology.

A decade later, in 1953, just months after that discovery, Crick wrote to Schrödinger, expressing deep gratitude.

He noted that What Is Life? had sparked both his and Watson’s interest in genetics.

Even more striking was how close Schrödinger’s intuition had come: the “aperiodic crystal” was no longer a hypothesis, but a reality.

Today, What Is Life? remains a rare kind of scientific work, one that did not solve a problem directly, but changed the direction of those who would.

[Sibsankar Palit @chemistinspace]

March 2026 has been a wild ride 🌍! But amidst the chaos, I'm glad I could play my humble part in organizing IAUS 404, a symposium on Advancing the Search for Technosignatures, with @BlueMarbleSpace and @IAU_org

#SETI #IAU #ExtraterrestrialIntelligence #Astrobiology

[Sibsankar Palit @chemistinspace]

#featured

[ASI Public Outreach and Education Committee @asipoec]

Photos taken by Sibsankar Palit between 6:00-6:50 PM IST from Kolkata, of LIFE-To & Beyond Foundation @lifetoandbeyond @chemistinspace

#TotalLunarEclipse #LunarEclipse2026 #LunarEclipseIndia2026 #ChandraGrahan2026

[LIFE-To & Beyond Foundation® @lifetoandbeyond]

Join the Event Whatsapp Group now (session joining links will shared on Whatsapp group only): https://t.co/a4puZ6TAgC

On the Final Day of The Beyonder's Space Forum 2026, we have 2 sessions today one on #SpaceEntrepreneurship and other on #NewSpaceEconomy.

#space #astronomy

[LIFE-To & Beyond Foundation® @lifetoandbeyond]

Join the Outreach Event Group now (session joining links will shared on Whatsapp group only): https://t.co/a4puZ6TAgC

Today, we have a session in #Tamil. If you are a #Space or #Astronomy enthusiast and a Tamil or understand Tamil language from across the globe do join us!

[LIFE-To & Beyond Foundation® @lifetoandbeyond]

🎉 Join The Beyonder's Space Forum 2026! 🌌✨

🚀 Open to all, online- Feb 28 to Mar 2, 7 PM IST daily. Multilingual & interactive sessions with space leaders! 🛰️💼

Join Event Whatsapp Group for session links: https://t.co/a4puZ6TAgC

#Space #Astronomy #NationalScienceDay

[Sibsankar Palit @chemistinspace]

Join Us✅️📢 Today’s the Final Day to Register for the IAU Online Symposium #404! 🌌

IAUS 404: Advancing the Search for Technosignatures 🗓️ 2–6 March, 2026.

#technosignature #astrobiology #SETI

🔗 Register: https://t.co/UfuakmrMDU

Glad to be part of the org committee🥰.

[LIFE-To & Beyond Foundation® @lifetoandbeyond]

🎉 Celebrating 4 Years of the @lifetoandbeyond 🚀✨!

We’re reinventing The Beyonder's Open House with a fresh approach & new purpose. Stay tuned for the exciting new edition! 🌟

👉 https://t.co/ijM0TpNEtZ

#Astronomy #ScienceCommunication #Innovation #Community #AdAstra 🚀💫