Mansi Kasliwal

Mansi Kasliwal is an astrophysicist renowned for her research in transient astronomical events, particularly supernovae and kilonovae. As a professor at the California Institute of Technology, she has contributed significantly to the understanding of the universe's most explosive phenomena. Recently, she has been in the news for leading a research team that proposed the existence of a new type of cosmic explosion called a 'superkilonova,' a phenomenon that blends characteristics of a supernova and a kilonova.