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‘Blood Moon’ Sunday! Total lunar eclipse set to paint the moon red. How rare is the phenomenon

India will witness the five-hour lunar eclipse and Astronomical Society has released a list of public viewings. It can be seen from the naked eye, unlike a solar eclipse.

Noctule Bats’ migration strategy involves hitching a ride with warm storm fronts, with multiple stops

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

Early Earth meteorite, or comets—scientists narrow down theories about origin of water on Moon

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

Earth has a ‘mini moon’ for 57 days. All you need to know about this bus-sized celestial visitor

Asteroid 2024 PT5 entered Earth orbit Monday & will exit the planet’s gravity on 25 November. It will travel in a horseshoe-shaped orbit & require powerful telescopes to be seen.

Chandrayaan-3 finds evidence of long-lost ocean of magma beneath lunar surface

X-ray data from Pragyan rover is first-ever sample analysis from Moon’s south pole; indicates more evidence for Lunar Magma Ocean origin theory.

The secret behind Moon’s thin atmosphere & 24-mn-yr old penguin fossil sheds light on wing evolution

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

Scientists identify Ladakh as potential analogue research site to conduct Moon, Mars mission studies

Scientists have pitched Ladakh as ideal site for India’s 1st analogue research station. Analogue research station is a place that has conditions similar to planet or planetary body.

First direct evidence of tunnel under Moon’s surface & how it could be ‘lunar base for humans’

An analysis of radar images of the Moon's sub-surface revealed the tunnels, say lead scientists from the University of Trento, Italy. The study was published in Nature Astronomy. 

Ahmedabad moon lab is waiting for Chandrayaan-4 samples. It has already studied Apollo rocks

The Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad is the only other Indian institute, apart from TIFR Mumbai, to work with lunar samples. It’s collaborating with NASA, Russia’s Roscosmos, and Japan’s JAXA.

Moon has more water than you think. ISRO finds underground ice reserves ‘5 to 8x’ larger than on surface

Study conducted by ISRO team in collaboration with NASA-JPL, IITs of Kanpur & Dhanbad, University of Southern California, published in Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.

On Camera

Controversial dog-walker IAS Sanjeev Khirwar is back in Delhi. What happened to his wife?

In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.

IndiGo profit plunges 78% as Dec meltdown with 3k flight cancellations takes a toll

Net income for InterGlobe Aviation Ltd slipped 78 percent to Rs 5.5 billion for the three months ended Dec 31 compared with the year-ago period.

Rafale saga: 25 yrs of detours, deadlocks & political hesitation. Now IAF getting what it always wanted

Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance. 

Pakistan se azaadi. Grow up India, stop giving it prime real estate in your psyche

Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.