Magha Purnima, occurring on February 24th, 2024, signifies spiritual cleansing and blessings. Devotees observe pujas, holy dips, and charity, particularly venerating Vishnu and Moon God.
Chandra Namaskar is a beautiful and powerful yoga practice that can bring peace to your mind, body, and soul. It is a gentle yet effective way to honour the feminine energy of the moon and connect with yourself on a deeper level.
Japan's "Moon Sniper," the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), successfully landed on the lunar surface, achieving a pinpoint soft landing about 55 meters from its target.
Japan's space agency said that its unmanned spacecraft is on the moon but is still 'checking its status'. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, came down onto the lunar surface at around 12:20 am Tokyo time (8:50 PM IST).
Astrobotic's Peregrine lander, which faced issues reaching the Moon, is coming back to Earth in a carefully planned descent over the South Pacific Ocean, carrying various payloads.
The Peregrine lander will study the Moon's surface environment ahead of human missions planned for later this decade. It was launched via the Vulcan Centaur rocket at Cape Canaveral and will attempt a soft lunar landing at the "Bay of Stickiness".
The payloads will also provide data to NASA’s Lunar-VISE (Lunar Vulkan Imaging and Spectroscopy Explorer) instrument suite, slated to land on the Gruithuisen Domes in 2026.
As the lunar night nears the Shiv Shakti Point on the Moon, the hopes of the revival of the Vikram lander are fading. The lander and the rover have been in the sleep mode since September 2.
The celestial spectacle will mark an end to a summer filled with mesmerising large and radiant full moons.
The distinctive shape of Pan, resembling a dumpling, is attributed to the ridge around its equator, which is similar to another of Saturn's moons, Atlas.
Chandrayaan-1 mission: The team led by researchers from the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Manoa in the United States discovered that these electrons in Earth's plasma sheet are contributing to weathering processes- breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals- on the Moon's surface.
Danuri is equipped with a variety of instruments, including a high-resolution camera, a spectrometer, and a magnetometer.
The space agency said that the Chandrayaan-3 lander's seismic activity-detecting apparatus recorded vibrations taking place owing to the movements of the mission's Pragyan rover and other payloads.
Skywatchers across the globe have been gearing up for this rare celestial event called the 'Blue Moon'.
Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan advised youngsters to learn from the country’s space scientists. She said the country could achieve success with the Chandrayan-3 mission because of bondage, love and affection.
These videos were processed by Luck with a scientific data archive from Mangalyaan, India's probe to Mars launched in November 2013.
Union minister Anurag Thakur said it congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation on its efforts while briefing reporters on the decisions taken by the Cabinet.
If you happen to live in one of the parts of the world that will experience a total eclipse on this night, then you will be able to witness an even rarer event – a Super Blue Moon.
A reverse search of the photo led to the same photo being published on other websites, including Facebook and Twitter. Some of the posts claimed that the photo was taken by Chandrayaan-3.
In a poll conducted by India TV to gauge peoples' opinion on the naming of Chandrayaan-3 landing point on Moon, we asked the general public -- Is it fair to have a controversy over the naming of Chandrayaan-3's landing point as 'Shiv Shakti'? Here are the results.
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