"Please make a planet again," wrote 10-year-old Kaela in a letter to NASA. The Administrator wrote back and posted it on X, saying "We are looking into this." The demotion happened on August 24, 2006, when it failed to meet the criteria for planetary status. Iran-based group Explosive Media is making waves with war propaganda. Rap beats, Trump-esque phrases, and -styled animation are part of what has become a potent scroll-stopper. Widely shared on X, YouTube pulled the videos down. An explosion at a factory in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, has killed 23 people and injured eight others. It happened on a Sunday afternoon, when all units were supposed to be shut. Authorities say the unit was running in violation of safety norms. Delhi's largest drain, Najafgarh, was once part of a called Sahibi, and is longer than the Yamuna's own stretch through the capital. Sahibi originated in Rajasthan before emptying into the Yamuna. Its source dried up, and what was once a waterway now carries sewage and industrial effluent. Four years ago today, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of the murder of and sentenced to 22 years and 6 months. Both the Minnesota Supreme Court and the US Supreme Court let the conviction stand.