Absolutely. I checked the latest official NCERT textbook record/PDF and the CBSE Class IX Science curriculum for 2026–27. The book is the newly introduced Exploration: Textbook of Science for Grade 9, and it is the Science textbook for the new 2026–27 Class 9 curriculum. The NCERT Library and Documentation Division catalogue gives the publication year as 2026 and ISBN 9789357295673. N

NCERT Web OPAC

 The book's front matter identifies it as “0906 – Exploration”, Textbook of Science for Grade 9, First Edition, April 2026. S

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Official ISBN

ISBN-13: 978-93-5729-567-3

ISBN-10 equivalent: 935729567X

So, if you are buying the latest NCERT Class 9 Science textbook for 2026–27, this is the ISBN you should look for.

📚 Complete Chapter List

The new Exploration textbook contains 13 chapters:

1. Exploration: Entering the World of Secondary Science
2. Cell: The Building Block of Life
3. Tissues in Action
4. Describing Motion Around Us
5. Exploring Mixtures and their Separation
6. How Forces Affect Motion
7. Work, Energy and Simple Machines
8. Journey Inside the Atom
9. Atomic Foundations of Matter
10. Sound Waves: Characteristics and Applications
11. Reproduction: How Life Continues
12. Patterns in Life: Diversity and Classification
13. Earth as a System: Energy, Matter, and Life

The chapter sequence is substantially different from the old Class 9 NCERT Science textbook.