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Scientists identify substance that may have sparked life on Earth
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A portion of a protein that may hold the key to identifying planets on the edge of supporting life has been discovered by a group of Rutgers researchers working to identify the earliest beginnings of metabolism, the set of fundamental chemical events that originally powered life on Earth.
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Giant mantle plume reveals Mars is more active than previously thought
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
On Earth, shifting tectonic plates reshuffle the planet's surface and make for a dynamic interior, so the absence of such processes on Mars led many to think of it as a dead planet, where not much happened in the past 3 billion years.
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Scientists discover massive 'ocean' near Earth's core
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 28 (ANI): The transition zone between the Earth's upper and lower mantle contains considerable quantities of water, according to an international study. The research team analyzed a rare diamond formed 660 meters below the Earth's surface using techniques including
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