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Earth's early magnetic field stronger than previously thought: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 21 (ANI): The earth's invisible yet vital magnetic field exists as a result of hot molten iron flowing through its outer core. It is one of the primary factors that made our planet conducive for harbouring life. The magnetic fulfils its protective role by shielding
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Ozone-depleting substances caused half of Arctic warming: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [IUSA], Jan 20 (ANI): A burgeoning hole in Earth's stratospheric ozone was first published in a scientific paper in 1985. Scientists determined the cause to be ozone-depleting substances - long-lived artificial halogen compounds.
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5.8 magnitude earthquake strikes China's Xinjiang province
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Jan 19 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale struck China's Xinjiang province on Sunday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.
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NJIT scientists measure evolving energy of first minutes of a solar flare
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Jersey [US], Jan 18 (ANI): Toward the end of 2017, a massive new region of magnetic field erupted on the Sun's surface next to an existing sunspot. The powerful collision of magnetic energy produced a series of potent solar flares, causing turbulent space weather conditions at Earth.
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Asteroid could end life on earth after 10 million years, warn scientists
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 17 (ANI): A mile-long binary asteroid could potentially put an end to human existence if it breaks up into pieces and heads in our direction.
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Southern Mexico hit by 5.3 magnitude earthquake
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], Jan 17 (Sputnik/ANI): A 5.3 magnitude earthquake shook southern Mexico on Thursday night, the national seismological survey said.
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'Super-Earth' can be orbiting our nearest neighboring star
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 16 (ANI): Findings from a recent analysis of our closest neighboring star Proxima Century suggest that it may be orbited by a previously unknown planet.
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Cold Neptune and two Temperate Super-Earths found orbiting near stars
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 14 (ANI): A "cold Neptune" and two possibly inhabitable worlds are part of a set of five newly found exoplanets and eight exoplanet candidates, who have found themselves orbiting nearby Red Zwilling Stars identified by a team led by Carnegie's Fabo Feng and Paul Bu
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Oldest solid meteorite material found in Australia
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 14 (ANI): A meteorite that fell in Australia back in 1999 has the oldest solid meteorite material found on Earth till date, proved a recent study.
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People fly kites in Ahmedabad to mark Uttarayan
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Jan 14 (ANI): Uttarayan, the festival associated with a change in sun's run in relation to earth and decline of winter, was celebrated in Gujarat on Tuesday with traditional gaiety.
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Stars need a partner to create Universe's brightest explosions
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 14 (ANI): A recent study by the University of Warwick observes that stars need to be in binary systems to create gamma-ray bursts. Gamma-ray bursts are the universe's brightest explosions, caused by massive collapsing stars.
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Earthquake of 4.5 magnitude hits Nepal
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Jan 12 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale hit Far-West Nepal on Sunday evening.
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