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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicDwarf planet

Topic: dwarf planet

Scientists ‘read’ octopus minds for the first time, discover distinct brain activity patterns

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Earth-like planet discovered 26 light years away, with an atmosphere

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

An asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter could be a new dwarf planet

The asteroid, named Hygiea, is the fourth largest asteroid that likely originated two billion years ago. 

NASA chief may call it anything, Pluto remains a dwarf planet

NASA chief Jim Bridenstine has said Pluto should be reclassified as planet. But only International Astronomical Union can decide planetary definitions.

Will Pluto be a planet again? Planetary scientists deliberate at Texas event

In 2006, Pluto was declared a dwarf planet because of a change in the definition of the word ‘planet’ and since then a number of definitions have been doing the rounds.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.