Indranil Banik

Indranil Banik

Postdoctoral Research Fellow of Astrophysics, University of St Andrews

Indranil Banik is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow of Astrophysics at the University of St Andrews.

Latest articles by Indranil Banik

The Jamess Webb Space Telescope's view of the spectacular Phantom Galaxy

Is dark matter's main rival theory dead? There's bad news from the Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests

By Indranil Banik, Harry Desmond published

One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics today is that the forces in galaxies do not seem to add up.

Galaxies
illustration of the universe with swirling galaxies floating about

Do we live in a giant void? It could solve the puzzle of the universe's expansion

By Indranil Banik published

One of the biggest mysteries in cosmology is the rate at which the universe is expanding. One possible explanation: That we live in a giant void in space (an area with below average density).

The Universe
The barred spiral galaxy UGC 12158.

Dark matter: Our review suggests it's time to ditch it in favor of a new theory of gravity

By Indranil Banik published

Observations across a vast range of scales are much better explained in an alternative theory of gravity requiring no invisible matter.

The Universe