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F-15 fighter intercepted Iran's jet to ensure safety of bases in Syria -US
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [United States], July 24 (Sputnik/ ANI) - A US F-15 fighter has intercepted Iran's Mahan Air passenger plane keeping a safe distance of some 1,000 meters (over 3,280 feet) in line with international standards to ensure the safety of the US-led coalition bases in Syria, the US Cent
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Perseverance microphones fulfill long campaign to hear sounds from Mars
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
California [US], July 23 (ANI): If you could stand on the surface of Mars, what would you hear? While 8 missions have returned stunning views from the surface of the Red Planet, none have returned any sound.
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'Lost' world rediscovery is step toward finding habitable planets
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 21 (ANI): The rediscovery of a lost planet could pave the way for the detection of a world within the habitable 'Goldilocks zone' in a distant solar system.
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Amid border row with China, Naval MiG-29K fighter aircraft to be deployed
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): At a time when Indian Navy's P-8I surveillance planes are carrying out frequent sweeps over the Eastern Ladakh sector, the Navy's maritime fighter jets MiG-29K will be deployed in the Northern sector for operations.
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Could mini-Neptunes be irradiated ocean planets?
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 20 (ANI): Many exoplanets known today are 'super-Earths,' with a radius 1.3 times that of Earth, and 'mini-Neptunes,' with 2.4 Earth radii. Mini-Neptunes, which are less dense, was long thought to be gas planets, made up of hydrogen and helium.
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Five planets can be seen with naked eyes in the coming week, says scientis
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 19 (ANI): In the coming week, a unique phenomenon will take place when five planets can be seen with the naked eyes from several parts of the earth, a city-based scientist said on Sunday.
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Five planets can be seen with naked eyes before sunrise on Sunday
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 19 (ANI): A unique opportunity will be available to all just before the sunrise on July 19, it is the chance to see as many as five planets, along with the crescent moon, with the naked eye, according to astronomer RC Kapoor.
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Reconnaissance plane crashes in eastern Turkey leaving 7 security officers
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 16 (Sputnik/ ANI) - A reconnaissance plane has crashed in eastern Turkey with seven security officers having died as a result of the incident, the Anadolu news agency reported on Thursday, citing the national Interior Ministry.
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Artificial Intelligence predicts which planetary systems will survive
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 14 (ANI): Rejecting the large range of unstable possibilities -- all the configurations that would lead to collisions -- would leave behind a sharper view of planetary systems around other stars, but it's not as easy as it sounds.
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Afghan Air Force plane crashes in Baghlan due to technical glitch while tr
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 10 (ANI): An Afghan Air Force plane on Friday morning (local time) crashed in Dushi district of Baghlan province in north Afghanistan due to a technical glitch during a training mission.
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7 things to know about the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover mission
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
California [USA], July 9 (ANI): In less than a month, NASA expects to launch the Mars 2020 Perseverance Mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Loaded with scientific instruments, advanced computational capabilities for landing, and other new systems, the Perseverance rover is the largest, hea
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InSight flexes its arm while its 'Mole' hits pause
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 8 (ANI): NASA's InSight lander has been using its robotic arm to help the heat probe known as the "mole" burrow into Mars. The mission is providing the first look at the Red Planet's deep interior to reveal details about the formation of Mars and, ultimately, all ro
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