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Asteroid over 22 metres in diameter to pass by Earth on Sept 1: NASA
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 30 (ANI/Xinhua): An asteroid with diameters between 22 and 49 metres will shoot pass Earth in a distance closer than Earth from the Moon on September 1, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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Earthquake of 3.7 magnitude hits Mizoram's Champhai
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Champhai (Mizoram) [India], Aug 29 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 3.7 on the Richter scale jolted Mizoram's Champhai on Saturday, the National Center for Seismology informed.
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Harsh Vardhan to chair meeting on status of southwest monsoon over India
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New Delhi [India], Aug 27 (ANI): Union Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan will chair a meeting to "understand the current status of southwest monsoon in the country".
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3.8 magnitude quake jolts West Bengal's Baharampur
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Baharampur (West Bengal) [India], Aug 26 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 3.8 struck 30 km southeast of Baharampur here on Wednesday, informed the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre.
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4.1 magnitude quake hits West Bengal's Durgapur
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Durgapur (West Bengal) [India], Aug 26 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 on the Richter scale jolted Durgapur in West Bengal on Wednesday, informed the National Centre for Seismology (NCS).
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US $20 million research grant to explore supply options for rare earth ele
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Washington D.C. [US], August 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The US designated $20 million for basic research aimed at identifying a stable supply of so-called rare earths that are crucial for electronics embedded in devices ranging from cell phones to aircraft, the Energy Department said in a press relea
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Earthquake hits Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw
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Anjaw (Arunachal Pradesh) [India], Aug 24 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 3.7 on the Richter scale struck Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district in the wee hours of Monday, said National Centre for Seismology (NCS).
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4.3 magnitude quake hits Jharkhand
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Sahibganj (Jharkhand) [India], August 21 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale struck Sahibganj in Jharkhand on Friday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) informed.
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Exploding stars may have caused mass extinction on Earth
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Washington D.C. [USA], August 20 (ANI): Killer cosmic rays from nearby supernovae could be the culprit behind at least one mass extinction event, researchers said, and finding certain radioactive isotopes in Earth's rock record could confirm this scenario.
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Tiny asteroid buzzes by Earth - the closest flyby on record
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Washington D.C. [USA], August 19 (ANI): Near-Earth asteroids, or NEAs, pass by our home planet all the time. But an SUV-size asteroid set the record this past weekend for coming closer to Earth than any other known NEA: It passed 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometres) above the southern Indian Ocean
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6.4 magnitude quake hits Manila
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Manila [Phillippines], Aug 18 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 on the Richter scale struck the Southeastern region of Manila, Phillippines, on Tuesday early morning.
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4.0 magnitude quake hits Manipur's Moirang
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bishnupur (Manipur) [India], August 11 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 on the Richter scale hit Manipur's Moirang on Tuesday at 7:27 pm, the National Center for Seismology informed.
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