India
Why India Landed Chandrayaan-3 Near the Moon's South Pole
Most Moon landings aimed for the easy middle. India aimed for the hardest, coldest, most interesting edge — and there was a good reason.
Issue 11 · August 2026
Looking Up
Space, sky, satellites and the people who send things beyond the atmosphere.
Issue 11 · August 2026
Looking Up
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- Puzzles
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- Articles
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- Cover StoryWhy India Landed Chandrayaan-3 Near the Moon's South Pole
- Science & TechnologyWhy Don't Satellites Fall Down?
- General KnowledgeFour Questions to Ask Before You Believe Something
- Sports & ActivitiesHow the Paralympics Makes a Race Fair
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Technology
Why Don't Satellites Fall Down?
They are falling — constantly. The trick is that they are also moving sideways fast enough to keep missing the Earth.
General Knowledge
Four Questions to Ask Before You Believe Something
Anyone can put anything on a screen. Here is the short checklist that professional fact-checkers actually use.
Sports
How the Paralympics Makes a Race Fair
Athletes have very different bodies and very different impairments. Classification is the quiet system that decides who competes against whom.
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