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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicSolar mission

Topic: solar mission

In 1 yr, Aditya-L1 has found sweet spot with uninterrupted view of Sun, studied solar winds, space weather

ThePrint explains Aditya-L1’s milestones so far, its early promising scientific observations and which mysteries of the Sun it plans to unravel over the next few years. 

India’s first solar mission spacecraft Aditya L-1 commences collecting scientific data, says ISRO

The national space agency said that the sensors on STEPS instrument began measuring supra-thermal and energetic ions and electrons at distances greater than 50,000 km from Earth.

‘Our tireless scientific efforts will continue,’ Modi after launch of 1st solar mission Aditya-L1

After a historic moon landing just a week ago, India’s space agency sent off the country’s first space-based Sun mission Aditya-L1 at 11.50 hours Saturday.

India’s ‘sunshine moment’ — ISRO successfully launches Aditya-L1, its first solar mission

Aditya-L1 carries 7 payloads to study Sun and its effect on interplanetary medium. Satellite to perform series of orbit raising manoeuvres before heading towards Lagrange 1 point. 

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Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.