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Lunar eclipse today: How to watch Blood Moon tonight online
A lunar eclipse happens when Earth passes between Moon and Sun. Earth’s shadow covers the Moon fully during totality. The crimson glow appears because Earth’s atmosphere scatters blue light.
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Total lunar eclipse 2025: Best viewing time to witness the rising Blood Moon today
This is the year’s second total lunar eclipse. The previous one was seen globally in March earlier. It is also the first eclipse visible since 2022.
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From red-capped manakins to laysan albatrosses: Meet the 10 dancing birds of nature
From tiny red-capped manakins to graceful albatrosses, discover birds that turn the wild into a stage with their mesmerising dance moves, courtship displays, and breathtaking natural performances.
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Astronomers spot ‘forbidden’ pulsar Calvera fleeing supernova through Milky Way outskirts
Calvera lies around 6,500 light-years above the Milky Way’s plane. This region holds very few stars of massive size. Stars here rarely form heavy enough to trigger supernovas.
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Million-year-old host microbes found in ancient mammoth remains
An international team at the Centre for Palaeogenetics studied microbial DNA hidden within woolly and steppe mammoth remains. They examined 483 specimens, with 440 sequenced for the first time.
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Meet the frog that almost 'dies' each winter by freezing solid but comes back to life each spring
Alaska’s forests face harsh winters with temperatures near minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit. In extreme cases, it drops as low as minus 80 degrees. Most frogs avoid such conditions by hiding underwater, where temperatures stay slightly warmer.
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'Robot Dog' powered by AI competes and plays badminton skillfully against humans — watch video here
Researchers trained a quadruped robot named ANYmal to play rallies of up to ten shots. The dog-like machine weighs around 50 kilograms and usually stands half a metre tall.
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Asteroid Bennu holds stardust older than the Sun, hinting at clues to our Solar System's birth
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collected Bennu’s samples in 2020 during a swift touch-and-go. The material contains ancient stardust, interstellar organic matter, and minerals formed from melted ice inside Bennu’s parent body.
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NASA's picture of the day, September 5: Globular stellar cluster with thousands of stars lights up the southern sky
The cluster, also called NGC 104, sits 13,000 light-years away. It is the second brightest globular cluster seen from Earth after Omega Centauri.
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From Saltwater Crocodiles to Red Sea Urchins: 10 superagers of nature that can live over 100 years
Some animals outlive centuries, defying ageing with incredible lifespans. From ancient crocodiles to hardy sea urchins, discover the natural world’s longest-living creatures and their secrets to surviving over 100 years.
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Meet the Potoo Bird: The master of camouflage that disappears in plain sight
Native to tropical parts of the Americas, the potoo bird is a master of disguise. It is found in southern Mexico, Central America and South America.
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RRI develops tiny, credit card-sized computer to catch whispers from the early universe
PRATUSH is a conceptual space payload to orbit the far side of the Moon. This quiet region is shielded from Earth’s radio noise and ionospheric distortions.
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NASA's picture of the day, September 4: Needle galaxy shines as celestial gem in northern sky
The galaxy is officially named NGC 4565. It is seen edge-on from Earth, giving it a slim and elegant appearance.
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NASA’s Webb and Hubble capture a cosmic butterfly in space, watch video here
The object is officially known as IRAS 04302. It is a protostar cocooned within cold gas and dust, hidden from direct view.
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Final missing auroral footprint from Jupiter’s moons found by Juno
Io, Europa and Ganymede had already shown their footprints through earlier observations. But Callisto, the farthest Galilean moon, remained a mystery.
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Rare purple-and-white panda crabs found in Thailand’s Kaeng Krachan
The crabs are formally named in honour of Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. However, they are more commonly known as panda crabs.
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Study claims universe is 27 billion years old and dark matter may be unnecessary
For decades scientists believed the universe was built on ordinary matter, dark matter and dark energy. These unseen forces have shaped textbooks and missions, even though neither has ever been directly detected.
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Meet Titanoboa: The 45-foot prehistoric giant snake that ruled Earth after dinosaurs
The largest modern snake, the green anaconda, is impressive. Yet it reaches only 30 feet and weighs 500 pounds. Titanoboa was nearly twice as long and five times heavier.
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59 Years Ago: Remembering the world’s first view of Earth from the Moon in 1966
n 23 August 1966, NASA’s Lunar Orbiter 1 sent home a grainy black-and-white photo showing our planet as a crescent above the moon’s surface.
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Meet Splash: The world’s first search and rescue otter
Asian small-clawed otters are intelligent, social and excellent scent trackers. Weighing under 10 pounds and about two feet long, they are agile in water.
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IRS Officer photographs Mount Kailash shining under stars with Lake Mansarovar reflecting like heaven
A rare night view of Mount Kailash shows its snow-clad face glowing under moonlight, mirrored in Mansarovar Lake, with a shooting star adding divine beauty to the timeless landscape.
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A rare orchid species recorded in Arunachal Pradesh’s remote forests
The orchid is Gastrochilus pechei, previously known only from Myanmar. A team of researchers confirmed its presence in Vijoynagar.
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NASA's picture of the day, September 3: Africa nebula shines bright, revealing powerful star jet mysteries
The Africa Nebula is a supernova remnant linked to Circinus X-1, an X-ray-emitting neutron star. It also surrounds the companion star that Cir X-1 orbits.
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70-million-year-old apex predator who ate dinosaurs found in Patagonia, named after Egyptian god
The creature is named Kostensuchus atrox. Its name combines the fierce Patagonian wind called “the Kosten” with Sobek, the crocodile-headed god from Egypt also known as Suchus.
