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The premium segment comprises phones that offer impressive designs, good durability, and capable cameras. While the price tags are higher than those of mid-range devices, these phones typically offer good software support. However, there are times when brands take a few shortcuts to get there. Here’s what you need to know if you’re looking for a mobile under Rs. 40,000.

The NISAR satellite, developed by NASA and ISRO, is ready to begin full science operations. Using dual-band radar, it will provide high-precision data on land movement, ice dynamics, vegetation, and natural hazards, supporting global research and disaster management efforts.

NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered striking megaripples — giant Martian sand waves — at a site called Kerrlaguna in Jezero Crater. These formations, about a meter tall, are larger than Earth’s beach ripples but smaller than the biggest dunes. Scientists say they formed when Mars had a thicker atmosphere and stronger winds, and many now appear frozen in time, shifting only about a meter every nine Earth years.

A Danish Renzu directorial. Songs of Paradise is a story of the Padma Shri Raj Begum. The movie tells a tale of Kashmir’s first female playback singer, uplifting women in a culturally conservative society. She is the epitome of bravery. Her music, heritage and preservation have inspired the movie’s heart-wrenching narrative, taking place when women were culturally and emotionally constrained.

SpaceX’s Starship rocket has scored a landmark success on its 10th test flight. On Aug. 26, 2025, the 400-foot booster launched flawlessly, completed hot-stage separation, and deployed eight dummy Starlink satellites — its first-ever payload. The upper stage then re-entered Earth’s atmosphere, surviving long enough to reignite an engine and splash down in the Indian Ocean, despite shedding some debris.

Astronomers have captured a groundbreaking sight: WISPIT 2b, a baby gas giant planet forming within a dusty, multi-ring protoplanetary disk around a young Sun-like star 430 light-years away. Infrared images from the Very Large Telescope show the planet carving a dark path in the rings as it feeds on gas and dust. This rare discovery provides the first direct evidence of a planet embedded in a multi-ring disk.