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Solar Eclipse September 2025: Timings and list of cities that will witness the year's last eclipse today
A solar eclipse happens when the Moon moves between Earth and the Sun. Tonight, skywatchers await a celestial display as the year’s final eclipse approaches.
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International Red Panda Day 2025: Date, history and significance
Red pandas are threatened by dwindling forests, poaching and the illegal pet trade. Their population declined significantly, with less than 10,000 still in the wild.
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NASA’s Chandra spots fastest-growing black hole in early universe
The black hole, named RACS J0320-35, is about a billion times heavier than the Sun. It lies 12.8 billion light years from Earth, meaning we see it as it was just 920 million years after the universe began.
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One nebula, two perspectives: NASA’s Webb telescope captures it in striking colours
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals NGC 6072 in two striking views. Using infrared instruments, it shows the nebula’s colours and structure, offering fresh cosmic insights.
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Experts claim 90% probability of witnessing black hole blast in 10 years
Stellar black holes form when massive stars collapse after death. They usually weigh between three and fifty times the Sun.
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NASA astronauts capture Cygnus XL cargo craft with robotic arm
The capture follows the launch of NASA’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 23 mission. It lifted off on 14 September at 6:11 p.m.
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NASA shares a colourful skyscape: Beautiful nebula shines around NGC 6914 in Cygnus
NGC 6914 lies nearly 6,000 light years from Earth. It sits along the Milky Way’s crowded plane where gas, stars and dust collide.
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Is dodo coming back from extinction? Scientists claim major step in quest to resurrect the species
Dodo once roamed freely through Mauritius, where it faced no natural predators. Its decline began with hunting and was accelerated by European expansion.
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World's oldest dome-headed dinosaur unearthed in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert
The fossil belongs to a juvenile of a new species, Zavacephale rinpoche, which lived about 108 million years ago.
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Venus versus Earth: Why one World boils and one blooms
Venus and Earth formed at the same time and share similar size and composition. Yet Venus is cloaked in carbon dioxide, with temperatures hot enough to melt lead.
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Kangaroo Island Koalas face hidden genetic threats despite abundance
Researchers compared Kangaroo Island koalas with those in Victoria and Queensland using whole-genome sequencing. They found much more inbreeding, which could make these animals less able to cope with future threats.
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'The Sun is waking up, its quiet days may be over': NASA warns of decades of space weather risks
The present sunspot cycle began in 2019, and experts initially forecast a mild peak in 2025. But solar maximum arrived earlier than expected and is proving far more intense.
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Meet Tira: The World's rarest 'polka-dot zebra' found in Kenya's Masai Mara
Tira is a plains zebra, or Equus quagga. Unlike standard zebras, Tira's coat exhibits brown fur with white spots, or polka-dot markings.
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NASA confirms 6,000 alien planets detected outside our solar system
NASA aims to study rocky planets similar to Earth and analyse their atmospheres for biosignatures. The James Webb Space Telescope has already examined over 100 exoplanet atmospheres.
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Hidden treasure in waves: Earth’s ocean water holds tons of gold, but why it’s difficult to extract
Gold is present in seawater at unimaginably low levels. Scientists measure concentrations in femtomoles per litre, tiny beyond normal detection tools. Rivers, dust, and hydrothermal vents constantly supply trace amounts of gold.
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Solar Eclipse September 2025: Date, timings and is last Surya Grahan of the year visible in India?
The Moon will once again align with the Sun this September. Will India catch a glimpse of the year’s final Solar Eclipse or miss it entirely?
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Do you know which tree is called 'green gold of India'?
It is not a precious metal or rare gem, yet India calls it green gold. Discover why this humble resource carries such a powerful name.
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World Bamboo Day 2025: Date, theme, history and significance
Bamboo is more than a plant, it is culture, livelihood and innovation. This World Bamboo Day 2025 reveals why its role in our future is bigger than ever.
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Dinosaurs were ecosystem engineers and study shows how their sudden extinction changed Earth’s rivers
Dinosaurs’ extinction was caused by the Chicxulub asteroid striking Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Its fallout triggered rapid global change.
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Signs of flowing water found in near-Earth asteroid Ryugu that changed its core, scientists say
Researchers studied samples returned by Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission in 2020. The spacecraft visited the near-Earth asteroid between 2018 and 2019.
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Pacific’s Mysterious Barreleye Fish: A see-through glass-headed creature with glowing eyes to spot prey
Deep in the Pacific, a strange fish glides with a transparent head. Its glowing eyes rotate to track something unseen, revealing secrets of the twilight ocean.
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Earth from Space: Eerie volcanic ‘googly eyes’ peer from skull-shaped Peninsula into the sky
The Chiltepe Peninsula formed from pyroclastic shield eruptions thousands of years ago. Low-density materials, including pumice, were violently ejected during these blasts, which ended approximately 17,000 years ago.
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Astronomers prepare to unlock mysteries of Milky Way with NASA’s Roman Mission – Here’s how
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will map billions of stars, revealing hidden dust and gas, helping astronomers uncover the Milky Way’s secrets like never before.
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Discovery of 12,000-year-old bones may reveal one of history’s earliest murder victims
The remains were found in Thung Binh 1 cave. This site lies in the Tràng An World Heritage area.
