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Mars to be opposite, closest to Sun on October 13
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Washington [US], October 8 (ANI): Planet Mars will be opposite and closest to the Sun in the sky on October 13.
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Growing up stardust: Scientists discover that stars, planets may be siblin
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Massachusetts [US], October 8 (ANI): A team of scientists has discovered that the planets begin forming while stars are still infants and they grow up together like siblings.
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Looking for pieces of Venus? Try the moon
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Washington [US], October 7 (ANI): A growing body of research suggests the planet Venus may have had an Earth-like environment billions of years ago, with water and a thin atmosphere.
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Preserved dune fields offer insights into Martian history
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Washington [US], October 6 (ANI): The discovery of Martian dune fields largely preserved in the rock record for up to a billion years offers new insights on past climatic conditions on Mars.
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Spinach- good for Popeye as well as the planet!
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Washington [US], October 5 (ANI): Spinach, the hearty, green vegetable chock full of nutrients, doesn't just provide energy in humans but it also has potential to help power fuel cells, according to a new paper by researchers in AU's Department of Chemistry.
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AI is helping scientists discover fresh craters on Mars
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Washington [USA], October 2 (ANI): Sometime between March 2010 and May 2012, a meteor streaked across the Martian sky and broke into pieces, slamming into the planet's surface. The resulting craters were relatively small -- just 13 feet (4 meters) in diameter. The smaller the features, the m
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The way forward to Mars
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Washington [US], October 1 (ANI): The path that ExoMars 2022 will follow to reach the Red Planet is set. The trajectory that will take the spacecraft from Earth to Mars in 264 days foresees a touchdown on the Martian surface on 10 June 2023, at around 17:30 CEST (15:30 UTC).
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Second alignment plane of solar system discovered
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Washington [US], September 29 (ANI): A study of comet motions indicates that the solar system has a second alignment plane. Analytical investigation of the orbits of long-period comets shows that the aphelia of the comets, the point where they are farthest from the Sun, tend to fall close to
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More underground water found on Mars
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Washington [US], September 28 (ANI): European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express spacecraft has discovered several ponds of liquid water buried under the ice in the south polar region of Mars.
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Let the stars & planets guide you in staying healthy
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New Delhi [India] September 25 (ANI/Mediawire): Hippocrates, the ancient Greek physician once said, "A physician without the knowledge of astrology has no right to call himself a physician."
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New chronology of the Saturn system
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Washington [US], September 24 (ANI): A new chronology for the moons of Saturn has been developed by Planetary Science Institute Associate Research Scientist Samuel W. Bell.
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School-bus-size asteroid to safely zoom past Earth
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Washington [US], September 23 (ANI): A small near-Earth asteroid (or NEA) will briefly visit Earth's neighbourhood on Thursday, September 24, zooming past at a distance of about 13,000 miles (21,000 kilometres) above our planet's surface.
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