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Cosmic girls: UN nurtures next generation of space professionals

Nuriya Maharjan first became interested in space exploration during a traditional coming-of-age ritual in which young girls of Nepal’s Indigenous Newar tribe emerge from 12 days of darkness to symbolically marry the sun.

Source: https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/10/1165884

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