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India-UAE Polar Cooperation in action as Emirati scientists join India's A
Updated : 2 months ago IST
"Emirati researchers from Khalifa University joined India's 45th Antarctic Expedition at Maitri station, exploring Antarctica's Mars-like landscapes to advance polar & planetary science, " the Embassy wrote in an X post.
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Scientists release new accurate map of all matter in universe
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A group of scientists, including several with the University of Chicago and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, have released one of the most precise measurements ever made of how matter is distributed across the universe today.
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New chronology of the Saturn system
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
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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Mud downpours might have formed some of Mars's ancient highlands: Study
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 25 (ANI): Muddy rains produced by giant impacts into a primordial glaciated Mars may have played a crucial role in the emplacement of kilometers-thick mudstones on Mars, according to a new paper by a team led by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Alexis Ro
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Evidence for volcanic craters on Saturn's moon Titan
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 16 (ANI): Volcano-like features seen in polar regions of Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini spacecraft could be evidence of explosive eruptions that may continue today, according to a new paper by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Charles A. Wood and
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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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NASA: Data from Cassini may explain Saturn's atmospheric mystery
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 7 (ANI): The upper layers in the atmospheres of gas giants -- Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune -- are hot, just like Earth's. But unlike Earth, the Sun is too far from these outer planets to account for the high temperatures. Their heat source has been one of
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Salt water may periodically form on the surface of mars
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Feb 13 (ANI): Briny water may form on the surface of Mars a few days per year, research by Planetary Science Institute (PSI) Senior Scientist Norbert Schorghofer shows.
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Just a single grain of moon dust can help understand its soil chemistry
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 7 (ANI): Since NASA's last trip to the moon in 1972 there has not been another visit to the lunar surface and with no future visit planned yet, every bit of soil brought back by astronauts is exemplary and precious.
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Running water left its mark on Mars' surface: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Dec. 4 (ANI): According to a recent research published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, dramatic climate cycles on early Mars, triggered by buildup of greenhouse gases, may be the key to understanding how liquid water left its mark on the planet's surface.
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