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• The amazing disappearing exoplanet

  Astronomers monitoring a distant world have observed an unexpected cessation of its regular orbital passages. The planetary body no longer crosses in front of its host star, effectively causing it to vanish from observational view. This abrupt halt interrupts previous tracking efforts and leaves the current status of the distant world unclear.

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• After back-to-back failures, Isro successfully tests modified PSLV 3rd stage

  Indian space engineers carried out a static ground evaluation at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre to validate critical hardware redesigns on their flagship rocket. The assessment addresses consecutive mission anomalies that previously crippled primary Earth-observation payloads during flight. A successful evaluation marks a crucial step toward clearing the vehicle for regular orbital deployments.

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• European survey reveals 900m galaxies – and possibly secrets of ‘dark universe’

  The European Space Agency's Euclid mission has published its first major dataset covering roughly 14% of its planned observation area. This initial release aims to help scientists investigate dark energy and dark matter, which together comprise about 95% of the cosmos. By studying how light distorts around distant formations, researchers hope to map invisible matter and test competing cosmological theories.

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