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1,000-light-year wide bubble surrounding Earth is source of all nearby, yo
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Cambridge (Massachusetts) [US], January 25 (ANI): Tens of thousands of twinkling stars surround the Earth as it sits in a 1,000-light-year-wide void surrounded by thousands of young stars. But questions often arise as to how those stars formed?
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'Slushy' magma ocean led to formation of the Moon's crust: Study
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Cambridge [England], January 25 (ANI): Earth's natural satellite Moon, has always been a subject of immense suspense and has shown ample room for discovery. Now, scientists have shown how the freezing of a 'slushy' ocean of magma may be responsible for the composition of the Moon's crust.
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James Webb telescope reaches final stable position 1mn miles from Earth: N
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Washington [US], January 25 (ANI): The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) successfully fired a planned rocket on-course correction to manoeuvre itself into a permanent stable position at a point between the Earth and the Sun, almost one million miles from its home planet, NASA said on Monday.
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Study reveals new explanation for Moon's half-century magnetic mystery
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Rhode Island [US], January 24 (ANI): Ever since rocks were brought back from the Moon to the Earth, during NASA's Apollo program from 1968 to 1972, an enduring mystery continued to baffle scientists: the Moon's magnetic field - one that rivalled Earth's in strength. Now, research led by a Br
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Protein structures reason behind life on Earth: Study
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Washington [US], January 23 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers discovered the structures of proteins that might be responsible for the origins of life in the primordial soup of ancient Earth.
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Study provides new insights into seasons on a planet outside our solar sys
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Montreal [Canada], January 23 (ANI): A recent study provided new insights into what seasons looked like on a planet outside our solar system.
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Earthquake hits southern Philippines
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Manila [Philippines], January 23 (ANI/Xinhua): An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 hit Davao Oriental province in the southern Philippines on Sunday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.
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5.8 magnitude quake hits China's Qinghai Province
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Beijing [China], January 23 (ANI): A 5.8 magnitude earthquake jolted the city of Delingha in northwest China's Qinghai Province on Sunday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
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Tug of Sun, Moon could be driving plate motions on 'imbalanced' Earth: Stu
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St. Louis (Missouri) [US], January 22 (ANI): A recent study proposed that the imbalanced forces and torques in the Earth-moon-sun system drive the circulation of the whole mantle.
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Over 10 people injured in 6.4 magnitude earthquake in Japan
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Tokyo [Japan], January 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Over 10 people were injured as a result of a powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake that hit southwestern and western Japan, media reported on Saturday.
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6.1 magnitude quake strikes off Indonesia's North Sulawesi
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Jakarta [Indonesia], January 22 (ANI/Xinhua): A 6.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia's North Sulawesi province on Saturday, with no preliminary report on damage or casualty, the weather agency and two officials said.
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6.0 magnitude quake hits Alaska
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Juneau [Alaska], January 22 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 occurred near Andreanof islands, Alaska on Saturday as per the National Center for Seismology.
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