Kathmandu University / Geomatics Engineering

Learning to map the world and question the universe.

I’m Prayatna Sapkota, a bachelor’s student in Geomatics Engineering at Kathmandu University. I’m interested in physics, space, technology, consciousness, uncertainty, and the strange reality of being alive in a universe that offers no easy explanations.

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Prayatna looking across a river — Field observation / river edgeStill learning how to look.

27°42′ N85°19′ E

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01 / Orientation

Studying the world closely, and the universe endlessly.

I’m studying for a bachelor’s degree in Geomatics Engineering at Kathmandu University. The field gives me one way to look at the world: through place, measurement, and the details that make a landscape legible. My curiosity also reaches toward physics, space, intelligence, and whether humanity is actually progressing or just getting better at distraction.

Physics pulled me in because it doesn’t care about feelings, status, or beliefs. Reality is what it is.

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Physics

Cosmology, rogue planets, entropy, relativity, quantum weirdness. The universe is already insane without adding mythology on top.

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Thinking

Curiosity matters more than pretending to be smart. Most people defend beliefs. I’d rather investigate ideas.

02 / Independent research · 2026

A question can be
a place to begin.

A Conceptual Hypothesis for Microbial Survival on Rogue Planets

I published a conceptual astrobiology hypothesis exploring whether dormant microorganisms could potentially survive interstellar travel aboard rogue planets and later reactivate under favorable conditions in another star system.

It’s not a claim of proof. It’s a structured framework combining microbial dormancy, planetary ejection, and long-duration interstellar drift.

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PRAYATNA SAPKOTA — INDEPENDENT RESEARCHER

03 / From the notebook