BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND – JUNE 30: Jasprit Bumrah of India during a net session at Edgbaston on June 30, 2025 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)
Former India cricketer Irfan Pathan has slammed Jasprit Bumrah for not playing in the second Test against England at Edgbaston.“If you are selected in the Indian team, you cannot pick and choose (which match to play) to manage your workload,” Pathan said on Sony Sports.
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“There is no other bowler like him, he is world-class. But here, you are not missing the match because of injury but for ‘workload management’.“Now Akash Deep will take his place and be expected to do well as soon as he comes in — and maybe he does — but any bowler needs time to settle in. That continuity is needed.”Pathan also requested the selectors to look past both Bumrah and Shami in the red-ball format.“This is why I have been saying that Indian cricket has to start thinking about playing without Bumrah and (Mohammed) Shami. They have to start planning for playing without them in Test cricket,” said Pathan.“The main fast bowler of the lineup cannot play all five Tests overseas, so firstly, India don’t have Bumrah’s services throughout the series, and secondly, his replacement, a younger player, is only getting a chance to play when he doesn’t. So he does not have stability,” he said.“This is the only overseas five-match series of the new World Test Championship cycle. This was the series in which Bumrah was needed most. If he had a niggle or an injury, I would understand. But just to manage his workload? Then I don’t think this is coming to India’s advantage,” he said.Also See: IND vs ENGIndia captain Shubman Gill provided a detailed insight into the mindset behind India’s approach and the host of changes his side has made for the contest during the toss.“No Bumrah. Just to manage his workload. We did get a good break, and this is an important match for us. But with the third Test being at Lord’s, we think there’ll be more in that pitch, so we’ll use him there. We were tempted to play Kuldeep, but looking at the last match, our lower order didn’t do well, so we decided to add some depth to the batting,” Gill said at the toss.
A 54-pound meteorite from Mars, believed to be the largest piece of the planet currently on Earth, will be sold to the highest bidder later this month in a Sotheby’s auction that is expected to rake in between $2 million and $4 million.
The Planet Mars.
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Key Facts
Called NWA 16788, the specimen was found in November of 2023 in Niger’s remote Agadez region, part of the Sahara Desert.
The “once-in-a-generation find” has a red hue and a glassy fusion crust that Sotheby’s said suggests it was blasted from the surface of Mars by an asteroid impact so powerful it turned some of the meteorite’s minerals into glass.
There are roughly 77,000 officially recognized meteorites on Earth and, of those, only 400 are Martian, according to Sotheby’s.
The hunk of rock is expected to fetch between $2 million and $4 million when it is sold July 16, making it the most valuable meteorite ever offered at auction.
NWA 16788, a Martian meteorite, is going up for auction July 16, 2025.
Sotheby’s
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Big Number
6.59%. That’s the percentage of Martian material on Earth that this meteorite accounts for. The 400 recognized Martian meteorites have a combined total weight of roughly 825 pounds, meaning NWA 16788 makes up almost 7% of all Martian material ever found on our planet.
Surprising Fact
Only about 15 meteorites are discovered in North America per year, according to Sotheby’s. .
Tangent
Until NWA 16788 goes up for sale, the Fukang meteorite holds the title of the most expensive ever offered at auction. The specimen was found in 2000 in China and is classified as a pallasite—a type of stony–iron meteorite with olivine crystals. It’s thought to be over 4.5 million years old, possibly older than Earth, and weighs more than 2,200 pounds. In 2008, a 925-pound slice of the Fukang meteorite was valued at around $2 million and put up for auction by Bonhams in New York. It didn’t sell.
Further Reading
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The 2025 Buck Moon rises on 10 July, marking the seventh full Moon of the year, and as was the case with June’s Strawberry Moon, it’s going to be a low one!
Exact timings and locations will depend on your location, but broadly speaking the Buck Moon will rise in the southeast from about 10pm local time.
And it really is a low Moon, because it’s located in the horizon-grazing constellation Sagittarius, in the middle of a star pattern that’s known as the Teapot.
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The 2025 Strawberry Moon captured by Jamie Dixon from Little Island, Hudson River, New York City
What’s so special about the Buck Moon?
On the face of it, there’s nothing particularly special or distinctive about one month’s full Moon compared to any other full Moon of the year.
Be it a supermoon or a ‘micromoon’, or any other defining feature of a particular full Moon, they all look largely the same.
It’s the little things that make the difference, from one full Moon to the next.
Perhaps the full Moon you’re looking at is close to a bright star. Perhaps it’s low down to the horizon and so looks oddly huge, or slightly orange.
Orange-coloured full Moon. Credit: Ambre Haller / Getty Images
While the full Moon always just a regular full Moon, regardless of hype or whichever nickname it happens to have been given, the conditions under which we see it, and what’s in the sky around it, can vary considerably from one to the next.
The Buck Moon is so-called because it’s July’s full Moon, and that’s when male deers’ – ‘bucks’ – antlers begin to grow.
And that’s it. Nothing more than that. Don’t expect the Moon itself to look vastly different just because it’s called a Buck Moon.
What is worth noting about this full Moon, however, is that it will be right in the middle of an informal star pattern known as the Teapot.
Buck Moon and the Teapot, July 2025
The Teapot asterism in Sagittarius. In July 2025, this star pattern gets a visit from the Buck Moon. Credit: Pete Lawrence
The night sky is divided into 88 formally recognised constellations.
But beyond these formally recognised constellations, there are also informal star patterns that have become favourites among seasoned stargazers over the years.
Just as most nebulae seem to have a nickname of their own – ever noticed how so many nebulae seem to look like animals? – there are a few star patterns, known as asterisms, that are well-known among stargazers, even though not formally recognised.
The most famous example is probably the Plough, or Big Dipper, which isn’t a constellation per se; rather a star pattern within the larger, formally-recognised constellation of Ursa Major.
And this month’s Buck Moon will be right in the middle of one of those asterisms: the Teapot asterism within the constellation Sagittarius.
The Buck Moon of 10 July 2025 will be located in the Teapot asterism. This simulated view shows what it will look like from Dallas, Texas. Credit: Stellarium
Like Sagittarius itself, the Teapot never really rises far above the horizon for those of us on more northerly latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.
If you’re in the UK, for example, the Teapot remains very close to the horizon, whenever it’s visible.
But further south in the USA – Texas, for example – you’ll see the Teapot and Sagittarius itself rise much higher in the sky.
However, on 10 July that bright full Moon will wash out many of the stars around it, meaning the Teapot may be tricky to see.
But now you know it’s there, you can return to it later in the month and explore it fully when the Moon’s out of the way.
There are lots of deep-sky objects in the Teapot asterism, and during the summer months, that region of the sky plays host to the bright core of the Milky Way.
Some even say the glittering band of the Milky Way looks like steam rising from the Teapot’s spout!
The band of the Milky Way can look like steam rising from the Teapot’s spout! Credit: Stellarium
Observing the Buck Moon
As for observing the Buck Moon – a full Moon – itself, opinion is divided.
Many astronomers and stargazers bemoan the sight of a full Moon because it washes out the rest of the sky around it.
That makes it difficult to see things like deep-sky objects, meteors and fainter stars.
The 2024 Buck Moon by Lee Mansfield, Darwen, Lancashire, 20 July 2024. A low-down Moon often looks enormous. This is known as the ‘Moon illusion’.
Nevertheless, the sight of a bright full Moon is amazing in and of itself, and there are plenty of things to look out for, such as the Moon illusion.
Or whether the full Moon close to the horizon – as this one will be – appears slightly orange-coloured.
For more info, read our guide on how to make the most of a full Moon.
And read our guides on how to photograph a full Moon and how to photograph the Moon with a smartphone camera.
If you do manage to capture an image of the Buck Moon, let us know by emailing contactus@skyatnightmagazine.com
The MTG-S1 satellite, which was aboard the launch, will be used to provide improved data for weather forecasting and storm prediction.
The European Space Agency (ESA) and SpaceX successfully launched a rocket yesterday (1 July) containing instruments for two ESA Earth observation missions.
Aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 that launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida, US, was the second of the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellites along with the first instrument for the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission.
Shortly after liftoff, ground control acquired the satellite’s signal, followed by confirmation of the deployment of the satellite’s solar arrays, which according to the ESA indicated that the mission now has sufficient power.
The MTG-Sounder (MTG-S1) satellite – the first hyperspectral sounding instrument placed in geostationary orbit by a European-led mission – is designed to provide improved data for weather forecasting and storm detection. The MTG mission already has one satellite in orbit – the MTG-Imager.
The MTG-S1 is equipped with an instrument called an infrared sounder, which comprises a complex imaging spectrometer that can detect the distribution, circulation and temperature of water vapour in the atmosphere.
According to the ESA, the instrument is designed to capture data on temperature, humidity, wind and trace gases that are then used to generate 3D maps of the atmosphere, which the ESA says improves the accuracy of MTG’s weather prediction.
More specifically, the MTG-S1 will provide a profile of temperature and moisture at different altitudes over Europe every 30 minutes as well as data on aerosols, ozone, nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide over Europe and Africa every 60 minutes.
Phil Evans, director general of the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) – which is operating the MTG spacecraft – said that MTG-S1 will provide data that will support the detection of signs of atmospheric instability “even before clouds begin to form”.
“Combined with data from the MTG imaging satellites it will, for the first time, offer a space-based view of the full life cycle of convective storms,” he said. “This will provide tremendous support to national meteorological services in carrying out their vital work, helping to save lives, reduce disruption and strengthen resilience.”
Also on board
Mounted on the MTG-S1 satellite is an instrument that will be used for the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission, which is the first mission to monitor European air quality from geostationary orbit.
The instrument will use its ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared (UVN) imaging spectrometer – which will be in a fixed position focused on Europe and northern Africa – to measure pollution every 60 minutes.
The UVN spectrometer will provide high-resolution data on gases that affect the quality of the air we breathe, including a wide range of atmospheric trace gases and pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide, ozone, sulphur dioxide and formaldehyde.
“Sentinel-4 brings something truly new to the Copernicus family of Sentinel Earth observation satellites, and we at ESA are incredibly proud to have contributed to bringing the mission through development to launch,” said Giorgio Bagnasco, the ESA’s Sentinel-4 project manager.
“This mission has an incredibly sensitive and precise instrument, which will transform how we predict atmospheric pollution and understand air quality trends.”
Toward the end of last year, the ESA launched the Copernicus Sentinel-1C satellite on a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, with the satellite designed to deliver high-resolution radar imagery to monitor Earth’s changing environment.
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KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur (centre) addresses a press conference alongside PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan (right) and party’s Secretary General Salman Akram Raja, and others in Islamabad July 2, 2025. — Screengrab via Geo News
PTI founder ultimate authority on decisions, says party.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur on Tuesday reiterated the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) unity and warned that any move to topple the provincial government through constitutional means would not succeed.
“No matter how hard they try, our government cannot be brought down through constitutional means,” Gandapur said. “If anyone thinks they can topple our government, I challenge them — I will quit politics.”
“Anyone who thinks they can create divisions within PTI is mistaken,” CM Gandapur told a press conference as he was flanked by the central leadership of the PTI, following a party meeting in Islamabad.
The KP chief minister claimed that the day’s meeting conveyed a clear message of unity within the party.
“Our authority and this government belong entirely to the PTI founder. Whenever he gives the order, the government can be dissolved,” he said, adding: “You cannot achieve anything constitutionally.”
‘Attack on the judiciary’
Moving forward, he said that the Constitution had been violated and PTI’s mandate had been stolen. Gandapur condemned the 26th Constitutional Amendment, calling it an “attack on the judiciary” and a “blot on Pakistan’s judicial and democratic systems.”
“May 9 was just a pretext — the real target was our party’s founder,” he added, alleging lobbying efforts against PTI and that he was pressured to make statements against the PTI founder while in custody.
Gandapur alleged that he was taken across Pakistan and asked repeatedly to quit PTI. “Our mandate was first stolen, and then our reserved seats were snatched,” he said.
Regarding the Kurram issue, he said it was an inherited problem and the road had remained open for the last four months. “Talk to your neighbours, change your policy. A neighbouring country has defeated global powers, this border is not safe,” he cautioned.
He claimed there was a plan to impose an emergency in KP. “When the PTI founder was out of jail, he spoke about negotiations.”
‘Seats snatched’
PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan said that PTI founder Imran Khan has always called for dialogue.
“We reviewed the letter concerning negotiations with detained leaders. He has always emphasised meaningful dialogue. Anyone eager to bring a no-confidence motion is welcome to try. Every plan will be executed only on the PTI founder’s instructions.”
He said PTI leaders were elected with the founder’s votes and that the goal of today’s meeting was to demonstrate unity. “After these developments, our seats were snatched. References were sent against our MNAs and punishments were imposed. When we requested meetings on KP’s budget, they were denied.”
Barrister Gohar asserted: “We will defend the KP government at all costs. Those wanting to bring a no-confidence motion lack the numbers. PTI’s government stands and will continue. If there are to be negotiations, concrete steps must be taken.”
For his part, PTI Secretary-General Salman Akram Raja said that February 8 was historic — people came out in huge numbers.
“This is not a political war but a fight for rights. We will fight the PTI founder’s war and victory will be ours.”
PTI spokesperson Sheikh Waqas Akram demanded a judicial commission from the Chief Justice to probe the deaths of imprisoned PTI workers. “Many were released after 10 or 11 months in jail — and most came out sick.”
PTI KP President Junaid Akbar said all party leaders from the National Assembly and KP Assembly were present at the meeting. “Despite internal differences, we will act on every order of the PTI founder.”
Manolo Marquez will be stepping down from his role as head coach of the Indian men’s national football team after the Spaniard and the All India Football Federation (AIFF) mutually decided to part ways.
The decision was formalised during an AIFF Executive Committee meeting on Wednesday.
The decision to part ways comes after India’s 1-0 defeat to lower-ranked Hong Kong China on June 10 in their AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers 2027 campaign. They played out a 0-0 draw against Bangladesh in the opening match of their qualification campaign.
“He did not resign. After discussions, it was mutually agreed that the AIFF and Manolo Marquez cannot continue as India (men) coach. Accordingly, he was let go,” M. Satyanarayanan, the acting general secretary of the AIFF, told Sportstar.
Manolo Marquez was appointed as the head coach of the Indian team in June last year. Under his tutelage, the Blue Tigers picked up just one win in eight matches – a 3-0 victory over the Maldives in a friendly in March.
India’s last competitive win in international football came against Kuwait under former head coach Igor Stimac, whom Marquez had replaced.
The Indian team has also failed to score a goal in their last three matches under Manolo Marquez.
Manolo Marquez took over the top job in Indian football after guiding Hyderabad FC to the Indian Super League (ISL) title in the 2021-22. He also won the Super Cup trophy with FC Goa earlier this year.
Last year, he juggled dual responsibilities, serving as head coach of FC Goa during the 2024-25 season while continuing his role as head coach of the Indian national team.
The Indian football team is currently ranked 127th in the FIFA Men’s World Rankings, having last broken into the top 100 in July 2023 when they reached the 99th position.
The Blue Tigers’ next competitive outing is scheduled to take place in October when they face Singapore in their third match of the AFC Asian Cup 2027 Qualifiers.
India are currently rooted to the bottom of Group B in the AFC Asian Cup 2027 Qualifiers with one point from two games.
The Technology M&A team advised Superhuman on its agreement to be acquired by Grammarly, the global leader in AI-enabled communication. This acquisition accelerates Grammarly’s evolution into an AI productivity platform for apps and agents, positioning email as a critical communication surface in the company’s vision of an agentic future.
Superhuman is the AI-native email app that helps users respond one to two days faster and save four hours every week on their email communications. Together, customers have sent over 500 million messages, triaged over 2 billion conversations, and used 6 billion shortcuts through the app.
The Goodwin team was led by Nathan Hagler, Matthew Baudler, Jesse Kalashyan, Rachel Qi, Daisy Beckner, Sean Philbin, and Ashley Shultz; Skyler Gray and Sam Boomgaarden; Kevin Liu, Jinny Kim, and Chalaun Lomax; Monica Patel, Eric Graffeo, James Oh, and Jacquelyn Watson; Edward Holzwanger and Nathaniel A. Hsieh; Arman Oruc, Brady P. P. Cummins, and Kevin Walsh; Kelsey Lemaster, Cecily Xi, and Alicia Shin-Hye Wi; Jacqueline Klosek and Federica De Santis; Jacob Osborn, Carrie Miller, and Justin Shields; Ai Tajima and George Schneider; Stuart Ogg and Justin Anslow; Melissa Schwab Wright and Tyler Garaffa; Brynn Peltz and Cynthia Wells; Kizzy Jarashow and Barry Bazian; Adam Slutsky and Christina L. Ademola; Frances Dea and Andrea Morales. Superhuman is a client of Craig Schmitz.
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In a candid interview on Elizabeth Day’s “How to Fail” podcast, Melinda Gates shared the pivotal moment when she knew her marriage to Microsoft founder Bill Gates was beyond repair. Reflecting on her relationship, Melinda revealed that she initially ignored the warning signs, attributing them to external factors outside their marriage.
“I kept pushing it away,” Melinda admitted, recalling moments when doubts surfaced. Despite these feelings, she continued to believe in their shared work, particularly the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which they co-founded and which remains a cornerstone of their legacy.
However, as Bill’s infidelity became known, Melinda acknowledged that she could no longer ignore the reality of her situation. “At some point, I had to turn towards it, and I just knew it in my soul,” she confessed, marking the point when she realised their relationship had come to an end.
She emphasized the difficulty of leaving, as she takes marriage seriously, noting that it wasn’t just about the two of them but also their three children—Jennifer, 29, Rory, 26, and Phoebe, 22. “It’s two people who’ve come together, hopefully in love… so pulling it apart later is really hard,” Melinda said, reflecting on the emotional toll.
Melinda, 60, also encouraged others to trust their intuition, even when it means facing painful decisions. The couple married in 1994 but announced their separation in May 2021, finalising their divorce by August. The separation followed reports of Bill’s affair with a Microsoft employee.
Since the divorce, Melinda has found new love with tech entrepreneur Philip Vaughn, while Bill, 69, is dating Paula Hurd, widow of the late Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd.
