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USGS releases first-ever comprehensive geologic map of the Moon
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 23 (ANI): Have you ever wondered what kind of rocks make up those bright and dark splotches on the moon? Well, the USGS has just released a new authoritative map to help explain the 4.5-billion-year-old history of our nearest neighbour in space.
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South Korean president announces USD 32 billion relief package for industr
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], April 22 (ANI): South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday announced a massive USD 32 billion relief package in a bid to revive the country's key industries.
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India inks pact with South Korean firm to get 5 lakh COVID-19 testing kits
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], April 20 (ANI): India on Monday signed an agreement with Humasis Limited, which will facilitate the supply of five lakh COVID-19 testing kits to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
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South Korea's ruling party on course to secure landslide victory in legisl
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], April 16 (ANI): President Moon Jae-in's governing party -- Democratic Party -- has won a landslide victory in the parliamentary elections, according to preliminary election results released on Thursday.
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South Korea holds legislative election amid virus outbreak
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], April 15 (ANI): Wearing masks and gloves, South Korean voters cast their ballots on Wednesday to elect 300 parliamentary lawmakers amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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PM Modi, South Korean President discuss challenges posed by COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday spoke to South Korean President Moon Jae-in and discussed COVID-19 global pandemic and the challenges it poses to the global health system and economic situation.
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The next full moon is a 'supermoon' pink moon
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 7 (ANI): The next full Moon is the Pink Moon, Sprouting Grass Moon, Egg Moon, Fish Moon, the Pesach or Passover Moon, Paschal Moon, Hanuman Jayanti, Bak Poya and a "supermoon."
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President Trump signs executive order for Recovery and Use of Space Resou
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], April 7 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Monday signed a new executive order aimed at encouraging international support for its policy allowing private industry for recovery and use of space resources from the Moon, Mars and other celestial bodies.
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Japanese astronomers explain oddities of planet Uranus
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 6 (ANI): The strange axis of rotation of planet Uranus and the unusual properties of its moons and ring system are likely due to an ancient giant icy impact, suggests a study conducted by researchers of Tokyo Institute of Technology.
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NASA: SunRISE Mission to study causes of giant solar particle storms
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 31 (ANI): NASA has selected a new mission to study how the Sun generates and releases giant space weather storms -- known as solar particle storms -- into planetary space. The information not only improves understanding of how our solar system works, but it ultimat
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Revisiting decades-old Voyager 2 Data, scientists find one more secret
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 26 (ANI): Eight and a half years into its grand tour of the solar system, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft was ready for another encounter. It was January 24, 1986, and soon it would meet the mysterious seventh planet, icy-cold Uranus.
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On this day: Alyssa Healy struck her maiden international ton
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 18 (ANI): On this day in 2018, Australia star batter Alyssa Healy smashed her maiden international century.
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