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Photos: Total lunar eclipse enthrals skywatchers
Bengaluru: From Ladakh to Tamil Nadu, skywatchers turned their gaze towards the moon Sunday night to witness a rare ‘Blood Moon’ or the total lunar eclipse. The earth’s shadow started covering the…
- India
India witnesses rare Blood Moon: 82 minutes of coppery-red lunar glory
Bengaluru: From Ladakh to Tamil Nadu, skywatchers turned their gaze towards the moon Sunday night to witness a rare ‘Blood Moon’ or the total lunar eclipse. The earth’s shadow started covering the…
- Technology
Google celebrates March’s final Half Moon with interactive doodle
New Delhi: Tech giant Google on Wednesday celebrated March’s final Half Moon with an interactive doodle. The Doodle features a celestial card game to test players’ knowledge of the lunar cycle. For…
- Technology
SpaceX launches 2 private lunar landers from US, Japan to space
New Delhi: Elon Musk-led SpaceX on Wednesday successfully launched two private lunar landers from the US and Japan to space. Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost and ispace’s Resilience lifted off aboard a SpaceX…
- Technology
China’s space station to conduct over 1,000 research projects
Shanghai: China’s space station will conduct more than 1,000 research projects, promote science popularisation, and enhance international cooperation over the next 10 to 15 years, according to the Technology and Engineering Center…
- World
US makes 1st lunar landing in over 50 yrs
Los Angeles: US company Intuitive Machines’ first lunar lander touched down on the moon early Friday morning, marking the first American spacecraft to land on the lunar surface in more than 50…
- Business
AI finds lunar rocks with unique dust; may help decode Moon’s magnetic past
London: An international research team has for the first time discovered anomalous metre-sized rocks on the lunar surface that are covered in dust and presumably exhibit unique properties — such as magnetic…
- Middle East
UAE to send astronaut to Moon’s orbit, build lunar station
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will send first Emirati and Arab astronaut to the Moon’s orbit on a future Artemis mission and build a lunar space station as part of a new…
- Science
India’s moon rover finds oxygen, titanium, aluminium, and other elements on the moon
Chennai: India’s moon rover has found the presence of oxygen, aluminium, sulphur and other elements near the lunar south pole, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Tuesday. Investigation regarding the…
- Technology
Japan’s lunar lander, X-ray mission to launch on Monday
Tokyo: After Chandrayaan-3’s success, Japan’s space agency is set to launch a lander and a X-ray mission on the lunar surface on Monday. The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) SLIM (Smart Lander…
