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Mount Etna emits light ash, sporadic explosions in Sicily
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Mount Etna on the Italian island of Sicily witnessed renewed volcanic activity yesterday, marked by the emission of incandescent material and limited amounts of ash from the volcano's north-eastern crater.
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Hawaii's Kilauea volcano starts shooting new fountains of lava in air
Updated : 9 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The eruptions, which have been taking place at semiregular intervals since late last year, have been delighting residents, visitors and online viewers alike with a fire hose of molten rock.
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Volcano in Japan spews plume 5,500 metres above crater
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The eruption sent volcanic material 5,000 metres above the volcano's peak for the first time since July 3, Kyodo News quoted the agency as saying.
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Gujarat Rains: Massive sinkhole formed on road amid heavy rains in Ahmedab
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
A massive sinkhole, resembling a crater created by a meteor strike, was formed when a portion of a road caved in during heavy rainfall at Shela in Ahmedabad Smart City.
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"Pragyan Rover comes across 4-meter diameter crater on lunar surface": ISR
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday informed that Pragyan Rover came across a 4-meter diameter crater on the lunar surface yesterday.
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Philippines: Thousands evacuated near Mayon Volcano after it spews ash
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In the northeastern Albay province of the Philippines, more than 6,000 residents have been compelled to evacuate rural towns within a six-kilometre (3.7-mile) radius of the Mayon volcano's crater after it spewed ash and came back to life, reported Al Jazeera.
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Study: NASA's Mars rovers found manganese oxides in Gale's rocks
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
When NASA's Mars rovers found manganese oxides in rocks in the Gale and Endeavor craters on Mars in 2014, the discovery sparked some scientists to suggest that the red planet might have once had more oxygen in its atmosphere billions of years ago.
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Researchers discover largest known fresh meteorite strike on Mars
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Researchers have helped discover the largest fresh meteorite impact craters on Mars since NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter began scouring the planet for them 16 years ago, one of which contained ice at the lowest altitude ever observed.
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Commuters request govt to repair potholes on Delhi-Jaipur Highway near Gur
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], October 13 (ANI): The stretch of Delhi-Jaipur Highway (NH 48) near Gurugram has potholes and craters which damage vehicles and obstruct traffic, said commuters, who requested the government to get the road repaired.
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Newly formed craters located on Mars hold clues about atmosphere and inter
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 30 (ANI): An international team of researchers with NASA's InSight mission located four new craters created by impacts on the arssurface of M. Using data from a seismometer and visuals acquired from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the team successfully calculated
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Research: Asteroid that formed Vredefort crater bigger than previously bel
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 29 (ANI): Researchers developed a more accurate simulation of the impact that formed Earth's largest crater Vredefort crater nearly two billion years ago. They found the impactor (most likely an asteroid) that formed the Vredefort crater is much larger than previou
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NASA will inspire world when it returns Mars samples to Earth in 2033
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], July 27 (ANI): NASA has completed the system requirements review for its Mars Sample Return Program, which is nearing completion of the conceptual design phase. During this phase, the program team evaluated and refined the architecture to return the scientifically selected
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