How India landed on the moon and flew to Mars at a fraction of the cost of NASA and Russia missions

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the moon giant grey cratered sphere in space with three green dollar signs overlaid on it
Getting to the moon is expensive, but India managed to do it on a budget.

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Why Russia and India both crashed near the moon's south pole before India nailed the first soft landing there

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The lunar south pole region on the far side of the moon, captured by Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft before its failed attempt to land.

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India wants to fly its own astronauts to the moon, after becoming the first nation to land near the lunar south pole

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A 3D reconstitution of the India moon lander is seen descending on the moon.
A still from a livestream shows a 3D reconstitution of India's historic moon landing.

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NASA discovered a new crater on the moon as wide as a 3-story building, and it's probably Russia's Luna-25 gravesite

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surface of moon grey rocky cratered with luna 25 spacecraft piece visible in upper left corner
The lunar south pole region on the far side of the moon, captured by Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft before its failed attempt to land.

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Dried-up Texan river bed reveals perfectly-preserved tracks of 111-foot-long dinosaur

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A three-toed track in the dried-up Paluxy riverbed, with some remaining water in the background, in Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose, Texas, in August 2023.
A three-toed track in Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose, Texas.

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Bavarian boars may be radioactive because of truffles contaminated by nuclear weapon testing decades ago

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A wild boar runs among trees and branches in the Bavarian wildlife park of Mehlmeisel, Germany
Researchers think they may have discovered the mystery of the "wild boar paradox" that makes these animals so radioactive in Germany.

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As Hawaii mourns its dead, 'disaster vultures' are swooping in to make a quick buck

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Disaster vultures are investors who take advantage of people who lost their homes to natural disasters in order to turn a profit.

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As Hawaii mourns its dead, investors are swooping in to make a quick buck

Side-by-side images of a whirlpool galaxy show details NASA's James Webb telescope captured but Hubble missed

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A composite showing the winding arms of the grand-design spiral galaxy M51 as seen from the James Webb Telescope in 2023 and Hubble in 2005.
A composite showing the winding arms of the spiral galaxy M51 as seen from the James Webb Telescope in 2023 and Hubble in 2005.

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India's adorable, dog-sized moon rover did its first science on the moon by shooting powerful laser beams at the surface

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Image of the rover on board India's moon lander.
The Pragyaan rover will be the first robot to drive around on the lunar south pole. What will it find?

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Racist housing practices left Minneapolis with an extreme heat problem. Now, the city is rushing to reverse the lasting effects of environmental racism.

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One Planet Banner Test

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