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Tuesday, August 26, 2025
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Topic: moon

Total solar eclipse to happen today, won’t be visible to people in India

The whole event will take about two and a half hours, but totality will only last about four minutes. Google has created a special animation to mark this astronomical spectacle.

NASA’s Mission 2026: Set up lunar time zone that could prove ‘foundational’ for future exploration

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

Setback for US moon mission as Peregrine lander suffers propulsion issue, fuel leak day after take-off

The lander, the first one made in US since Project Apollo, was scheduled to land on moon 23 February. It is reportedly carrying DNA of John F. Kennedy, a piece of Mt Everest etc.

Russia blames malfunction in on-board control unit for failed lunar mission in August

State space corporation, Roscosmos, said the control unit failed to turn off propulsion system, which blasted for one and a half times longer as the craft hurtled towards moon.

Chandrayaan-3 landing: ISRO’s YouTube livestream trumps Twitch record on viewers, says report

A Firstpost report said there were 5.6 million concurrent viewers on the space agency's YouTube channel just minutes before the moon landing.

‘Waiting for the tricolour!’ & onions effects on 2024 polls

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Chandrayaan 1, 2 & 3 — how ISRO used each Moon mission as test for next, more complex expedition

Chandrayaan-3 on a mission to explore & study Moon’s south pole, which is rich in water resources. First journey to lunar region that astronomers have wanted to explore for decades.

Key Atlantic current system, transporting organisms & resources, could be facing collapse

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

Fate of ‘Project Cheetah’ and Congress-AAP ‘on the same path’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

NASA plans to conduct Moon lunar mining trial for oxygen, water by 2032

Gerald Sanders, a 35-year-old rocket scientist at NASA's Johnston Space Centre, said the agency wants to quantify energy, water, and lunar soil to attract commercial investment.

On Camera

Indians should adopt stray dogs. It’s what Hindu value system teaches

Compassion and cohabitation with animals are ingrained in the Indian value system. A humane solution must be found for the rising conflict between man and free-range animals.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Centre appoints Army ex-vice chief Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani as military adviser to NSC Secretariat

New Delhi: Former Indian Army Vice Chief Lt Gen N.S. Raja Subramani (Retd) has been appointed the new Military Advisor (MA) to the National...

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.