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May 23, 2026, 03:52 PM - 2 min read
In 2023, India became the first country to land near the little-explored lunar south pole region when its Chandrayaan-3's lander, carrying the Pragyaan rover, successfully landed there.
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May 17, 2026, 02:50 PM - 6 min read
Landing on the Moon can disturb its environment. Unlike Earth, the Moon has no biodiversity, climate as we typically think of it, or oceans. But it does have its own active environment. While the Moon may seem unchanging and indestructible, it is surprisingly sensitive to human activity.
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April 18, 2026, 02:42 PM - 2 min read
ISRO is working towards sending a human to the moon by 2040.
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April 7, 2026, 05:25 PM - 8 min read
Artemis is more than just a trip around the moon. It is part of a larger plan to return humans to the lunar surface, establish a permanent base and eventually prepare for missions to Mars. It envisages using the Moon as both a laboratory and a launch pad for future expeditions deep into space.
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April 7, 2026, 08:44 AM - 3 min read
Earlier in the flight, the Artemis II team eclipsed the long-standing distance record established by the Apollo 13 mission in 1970.
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April 2, 2026, 09:29 AM - 2 min read
The Artemis II crew consists of NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman (commander), Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen. They are expected to spend about ten days in space.
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February 8, 2026, 01:41 PM - 6 min read
WOH G64 is special as it is transforming on a human time scale that is usually not the case when scientists observe stars. Is this star offering scientists an opportunity not to be missed to witness the final death throes of massive stars?
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February 6, 2026, 01:15 PM - 6 min read
Debate continues among policymakers as to its value and necessity within the Artemis programme.
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August 23, 2025, 04:35 PM - 3 min read
IIT Bombay students have mapped the Moon’s surface chemistry using Chandrayaan-2 data, marking a breakthrough in India’s lunar exploration efforts.
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March 16, 2025, 02:57 PM - 9 min read
Elsewhere in the Solar System, Earth has one moon, Mars has two, Jupiter has 95, Uranus has 28 and Neptune has 16, for a total of 142 moons. We only need to discover ten more moons around Saturn to give it double the number of all the other planets combined.
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January 1, 2025, 10:02 AM - 7 min read
Though the night sky is more spectacular from a dark country sky, you can see the events outlined here even if, like many others, you live in a light-polluted city. For most events you do not need a telescope or binoculars.
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December 31, 2024, 02:44 PM - 7 min read
Now is the time to create the rules and regulations that will protect humanity’s shared future in space and ensure the Moon remains a symbol and inspiration for generations to come.
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