News for 'Moon'

Who Has Grabbed Ananya's Attention?

Who Has Grabbed Ananya's Attention?

Rediff.com24 May 2024

Shraddha enjoys yummy food... Shriya's date night with daughter... Ishaan gets a new haircut...

Navratri, Day 8: Khushi, Alia Look Perfect In Pink

Navratri, Day 8: Khushi, Alia Look Perfect In Pink

Rediff.com10 Oct 2024

Beauties from B-town are often spotted wearing this universally flattering hue and they always rejig it to match the latest trends.

Missed the 'Blood Moon'? See it HERE

Missed the 'Blood Moon'? See it HERE

Rediff.com16 Apr 2014

The moon took on an eerie blood-red hue on Tuesday during the first total lunar eclipse of 2014, a celestial sight that wowed potentially millions of stargazers across North and South America.

Pritish Nandy: What An Editor!

Pritish Nandy: What An Editor!

Rediff.com10 Jan 2025

Hugely creative with a very evolved aesthetic sense, he made the Illustrated Weekly of India every young reporter's dream. Payal Singh Mohanka remembers Pritish Nandy who passed into the ages on January 8, 2025.

Kenya's Chepngetich smashes women's marathon world record

Kenya's Chepngetich smashes women's marathon world record

Rediff.com13 Oct 2024

Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich smashes women's marathon world record in Chicago

North America goes into raptures over full solar eclipse

North America goes into raptures over full solar eclipse

Rediff.com9 Apr 2024

The total solar eclipse of 2024 was a historic celestial event because it won't be visible across the contiguous US again until August 2044 and an annular eclipse -- which happens when the Moon can't completely blocks the Sun-- won't appear across this part of the world again until 2046.

Chandrayaan-2 captures image of crater on Moon; ISRO names it after Sarabhai

Chandrayaan-2 captures image of crater on Moon; ISRO names it after Sarabhai

Rediff.com14 Aug 2020

The Sarabhai Crater is around 250 to 300 kilometres east of the crater where the Apollo 17 and Luna 21 Missions had landed.

Revealed: An ocean buried in Jupiter's moon Ganymede

Revealed: An ocean buried in Jupiter's moon Ganymede

Rediff.com13 Mar 2015

The subterranean ocean is thought to have more water than all the water on Earth's surface

Amit Shah would have been a 'scrap dealer' if...: Siddaramaiah

Amit Shah would have been a 'scrap dealer' if...: Siddaramaiah

Rediff.com19 Dec 2024

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah launched a scathing attack on Union Home Minister Amit Shah for his remarks on B.R. Ambedkar in Parliament. Siddaramaiah said Shah would have been a "Gujari" (scrap dealer) if there wasn't Ambedkar's Constitution. He also criticized Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar for not taking action against Shah for his comments. The Congress leader further accused the BJP and Sangh Parivar of hating Ambedkar and the Constitution. Siddaramaiah also recalled the RSS's opposition to the Constitution and Ambedkar in the past, citing articles from the RSS mouthpiece 'Organiser' and Golwalkar's book "Bunch of Thought."

Chandrayaan located! NASA finds it still orbiting the moon

Chandrayaan located! NASA finds it still orbiting the moon

Rediff.com10 Mar 2017

"We have been able to detect NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and the Indian Space Research Organisation's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft in lunar orbit with ground-based radar," said Marina Brozovic, a radar scientist at JPL and principal investigator for the test project.

Britain plans first Moon mission

Britain plans first Moon mission

Rediff.com10 Jan 2007

According to Andrew Coates of the Mullard Space Science Lab, the impactors would represent the first time there had been a detailed study of the Moon's sub-surface.

Heading To The Kumbh? Here's How To Plan

Heading To The Kumbh? Here's How To Plan

Rediff.com10 Jan 2025

Prayagraj is a must-visit place in 2025, but in January and February you can't miss the Maha Kumbh, a spectacular event like no other.

Navratri Colours: Ananya, Pooja Dazzle In Yellow

Navratri Colours: Ananya, Pooja Dazzle In Yellow

Rediff.com4 Oct 2024

Each of Navratri's nine days has their own colour and the hue associated with Day 1 is yellow.

ISRO Gears Up For Space Docking Mission

ISRO Gears Up For Space Docking Mission

Rediff.com18 Oct 2024

Docking technology is crucial for sending people and cargo to space stations.

India plans moon lander mission

India plans moon lander mission

Rediff.com5 Feb 2007

ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair said Chandrayaan-2, to be undertaken by 2010, will have a proper lander, which would land on the lunar surface and try to explore the surface in far more detail.

India aims for the moon

India aims for the moon

Rediff.com16 Aug 2003

The Chandrayan-I mission will place a 525-kg satellite above moon and enable frontier scientific research.

China's lunar rover creates first 'footprint' on the far side of the moon

China's lunar rover creates first 'footprint' on the far side of the moon

Rediff.com4 Jan 2019

The Chang'e-4 spacecraft scripted history on Thursday when it made the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon.

Janhvi-Khushi Are Seeing YOU!

Janhvi-Khushi Are Seeing YOU!

Rediff.com28 Oct 2024

John unveils his next movie... Nimrat on a movie she cherishes...Varun, Ranveer, Aditya watch some fighting...

Kriti Celebrates Her First Karva Chauth

Kriti Celebrates Her First Karva Chauth

Rediff.com21 Oct 2024

Film folk celebrated Karva Chauth on Sunday with beautiful pictures and messages.

Maidaan, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan Release Postponed!

Maidaan, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan Release Postponed!

Rediff.com8 Apr 2024

The great Wednesday clash between the year's big releases have been postponed by a day.

Usha Vance Makes Her Debut At RNC

Usha Vance Makes Her Debut At RNC

Rediff.com18 Jul 2024

Usha Chilukuri Vance, Republican vice presidential candidate J D Vance's wife, introduced her husband before he spoke at the Republican National Convention.

'2024 Gave Me Some Of My Happiest Moments'

'2024 Gave Me Some Of My Happiest Moments'

Rediff.com2 Jan 2025

Film folk brought in the New Year with pretty posts and warm wishes on social media.

Obama scraps NASA's Moon mission

Obama scraps NASA's Moon mission

Rediff.com16 Apr 2010

Scrapping NASA's"Back to Moon" project, US President Barack Obama gave a new mission to the country's civilian space programme agency-a manned mission to Mars in a decade and sending astronauts to explore asteroids beyond the moon by 2025.

Which Would You Choose: Gelephu or Neom?

Which Would You Choose: Gelephu or Neom?

Rediff.com6 Dec 2024

Live on one of Gelephu's inhabitable bridges where elephants will saunter past, be it day or night; or be homed in a never-ending building with flying cars and robot maids? asks ambivalent Sandeep Goyal.

ESA-ISRO joint moon mission

ESA-ISRO joint moon mission

Rediff.com28 Jun 2005

European instruments would be included on board India's mission to the moon, Chandrayaan-1, to be launched by India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.

'Chandrayaan-3 could revolutionise space travel'

'Chandrayaan-3 could revolutionise space travel'

Rediff.com22 Aug 2023

'A person weighing 68 kilograms on the Earth would weigh only over 11 kg on the Moon'

Jihadists Are A Major Threat To Israel'

Jihadists Are A Major Threat To Israel'

Rediff.com16 Dec 2024

'Israel would make Iran and its proxies pay. They, along with Qatar, fund terror all over the world.'

Google to map the moon

Google to map the moon

Rediff.com21 Jul 2005

Thirty-six years to the day since Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon, Google Inc. extended its mapping service to cover the lunar surface.

Get ready for 'Blue Moon' on August 31

Get ready for 'Blue Moon' on August 31

Rediff.com29 Aug 2012

A full moon will rise in the eastern twilight sky for the second time this month on August 31, which has come to be called as 'Blue Moon'. The first full moon occurred on August 1 in the Americas, and on August 2 in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia

China may bump satellite into moon

China may bump satellite into moon

Rediff.com9 Aug 2007

While there are several disposal plans, the generally accepted one is to have it bump into the moon purposefully

Moon crater named after Jackson

Moon crater named after Jackson

Rediff.com8 Jul 2009

Michael Jackson, famously known as the 'Moonwalker' for his legendary dance moves, now has a crater on the moon named after himself.

Chandrayaan-3's women scientists march down Kartavya Path

Chandrayaan-3's women scientists march down Kartavya Path

Rediff.com26 Jan 2024

The tableau also showcased the participation of women scientists in various missions of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), which is now planning to carry out India's maiden human space flight next year.

Aditi Rao Hydari Gets Married To Siddharth

Aditi Rao Hydari Gets Married To Siddharth

Rediff.com16 Sep 2024

The couple tied the knot at a 400-year-old temple in Wanaparthy, Telangana, and announced the news on social media.

What Chandrayaan-3 Discovered

What Chandrayaan-3 Discovered

Rediff.com13 Sep 2023

Glimpses of what the historic Chandrayaan Mission discovered on the dark side of the Moon.

Physics Nobel goes to scientists who enabled machine learning

Physics Nobel goes to scientists who enabled machine learning

Rediff.com8 Oct 2024

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Tuesday.

Are You Cookie-Jarring, Kitten-Fishing, Pocketing?

Are You Cookie-Jarring, Kitten-Fishing, Pocketing?

Rediff.com5 Dec 2024

If there is uncertainty in the relationship, communicating that is the right thing. To keep someone waiting in the wings is selfish, says rediffGURU Ravi Mittal, CEO, Quack Quack, an online dating website.

When The Music Died

When The Music Died

Rediff.com11 Jan 2024

Mourners pay their respects at the mortal remains of Ustad Rashid Khan, the finest Hindustani classical singer of his generation, in Kolkata on Wednesday, January 10, 2023.

India to launch 2 moon missions by March

India to launch 2 moon missions by March

Rediff.com31 Oct 2017

One spacecraft will be Indian Space Research Organisation's own Chandrayaan-2, while the other will be from India's first private moonshot Team Indus which is competing in the Google LunarXPrize challenge.

NASA planning mission to explore life on Jupiter's moon

NASA planning mission to explore life on Jupiter's moon

Rediff.com8 Apr 2016

The US space agency NASA is planning an ambitious mission involving international scientists to explore the possibility of life on Europa, the moon of planet Jupiter.

The Genius Behind Bollywood's Beautiful Words

The Genius Behind Bollywood's Beautiful Words

Rediff.com17 Aug 2024

As a uniquely multi-hyphenated writer-director-lyricist-author, Gulzar has built a reputation across multiple spheres of film-making and literary creative endeavours. Dinesh Raheja salutes the Master who turns 90 on Sunday.