This essay makes generalisations and assumptions that may not be true to all people and is modelled off what is seen in the wider world, particularly in western cultures.

Humans have always explored – this is a fact that has remain unchanged throughout history. And as our technology has adapted, this has allowed us to explore places that have never been seen by people, including the depths of the ocean.

Numismatics, defined simply as “the study of coins”, is a branch of archaeology that was referred to as “the overlooked key to history” by the New Yorker in 2021. Often missed by tourists in museums due to their small size and already quite familiar appearance, there is in fact much to be interpreted from coin finds; the iconography, materials, weight, preservation, finding place, and more can reveal hidden details about past civilisations (Rodríguez, 2020).

As of 2023, the Indian economy is ranked fifth in the world in terms of nominal GDP and is currently Asia’s fastest growing economy. While the country has managed to stay afloat after the COVID pandemic and even overtake the UK, it has not always been this way. So why have we only witnessed economic prosperity in the past 30 years?

A black hole is the result of a star that is at least 25 times the mass of the Sun, dying. When these giant stars die, they blow up in a powerful explosion called a supernova. A supernova’s explosion makes a star’s outer layers to shoot out into space. As this happens, the star’s heavy core pulls the rest of the star inward, which causes the star to collapse. The collapse is caused by the core’s extreme gravity, and, as these enormous stars contain a lot of mass, their gravitational pull is extreme. After a supernova, a star’s core is so compact, and its gravity is so strong that the core gets crushed into a miniscule point. Thus, the star becomes a black hole.