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Five things from the last few days — each explained in under a minute.
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has launched on a Falcon Heavy rocket. Over its life it will photograph a billion galaxies and hunt for hidden planets and black holes.
India and the Central Asian country Uzbekistan agreed to work much more closely together — on trade, energy and technology — during a visit by India's Prime Minister.
Scientists think they've worked out why Antarctica froze into ice millions of years before the Arctic did: slow-moving waves deep inside the Earth slowly lifted the land and built mountains.
Thousands of athletes from across Asia — including a big Indian team — are heading to Japan for the Asian Games, one of the largest sports festivals in the world.
On 5 September, India celebrated Teachers' Day — the birthday of scholar and former President Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, who believed teachers are a country's best minds.
A country with many friends has many people to learn from and trade with.
Source: Ministry of External Affairs
The ground feels still, but Earth is a slow, restless, ever-changing machine.
Source: ScienceDaily
Looking far out into space is the closest thing we have to looking back in time.
Source: NASA
Sometimes the best way to survive something hard is to face it together.
Source: WWF / nature science
Hundreds of Indian athletes are travelling to Japan for the Asian Games — a huge festival of sport with everything from athletics and hockey to badminton, wrestling, chess and even kabaddi. India will be chasing its best-ever medal haul, and for many young players it's the biggest stage of their lives so far. Kiku will be cheering for every single one!
Source: Olympic Council of Asia
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"Break the ice"
Means: to say or do something friendly so people stop feeling shy — just like new friends India and Uzbekistan!
Use it: "A quick joke helped break the ice on the first day of school."
Astronomy — the science of studying stars, planets, galaxies and everything in space. (It's the subject behind today's telescope story!)
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