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Saturn's moon Titan drifting away faster than previously thought
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 9 (ANI): A new research led by scientists at NASA and the Italian Space Agency has implications for the entire Saturn system as well as other planets and moons.
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Astronomers find elusive target hiding behind dust
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 8 (ANI): Astronomers acting on a hunch have likely resolved a mystery about young, still-forming stars and regions rich in organic molecules closely surrounding some of them.
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COVID-19 has led to more thrust on agroecology, natural farming: Niti Aayo
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): With people looking for healthy food to boost their immunity in the situation created by COVID-19, Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar has said that demand for "nutritious and chemical-free food" is going up exponentially in the world and agroecology is t
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World Environment Day: PM Narendra Modi urges people to preserve planet's
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New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): On World Environment Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged citizens to ensure that the flora and fauna thrive and take a pledge to preserve our planet's rich biodiversity.
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Diplomat Abhay K to deliver lecture on "Protecting Environment through Poe
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): On the World Environment Day, an anthem for planet Earth, penned by Indian poet/diplomat Abhay K. has been translated into Quechua, a language spoken in the Peruvian Andes by the indigenous people of Peru.
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ESPRESSO confirms presence of an Earth around the nearest star
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 28 (ANI): The existence of a planet the size of Earth around the closest star in the solar system, Proxima Centauri, has been confirmed by an international team of scientists including researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE).
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The detective aboard the Perseverance Mars Rover
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 27 (ANI): Mars is a long way from 221B Baker Street, but one of fiction's best-known detectives will be represented on the Red Planet after NASA's Perseverance rover touches down on Feb. 18, 2021. SHERLOC, an instrument on the end of the rover's robotic arm, will h
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Astronomers create cloud atlas for hot, Jupiter-like exoplanets
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 27 (ANI): Giant planets in our solar system and circling other stars have exotic clouds unlike anything on Earth, and the gas giants orbiting close to their stars -- so-called hot Jupiters -- boast the most extreme.
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Exoplanet climate 'Decoder' aids search for life
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 19 (ANI): After examining a dozen types of suns and a roster of planet surfaces, Cornell University astronomers have developed a practical model -- an environmental colour "decoder" -- to tease out climate clues for potentially habitable exoplanets in galaxies far aw
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Lava-like mud flows on Mars
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 19 (ANI): Scientists have long suspected that the 'fire-breathing' volcanoes that spread large quantities of flowing lava over Mars were not the only kind. The numerous mountain cones in the northern hemisphere of the Red Planet may be the result of mud volcanoes.
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Ponting is from another planet, knows how to bring out the best in everyon
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New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): Opening batsman Rohit Sharma on Monday heaped praise on Ricky Ponting, saying that the former Australian skipper is from another planet and knows how to bring out the best in everyone.
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Astronomers using Subaru Telescope determine that TRAPPIST-1 planetary orb
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 14 (ANI): Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope have determined that the Earth-like planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system are not significantly misaligned with the rotation of the star.
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