Tunguska-sized asteroid buzzes past Earth
March 3rd, 2009 - 1:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 3 (ANI): Reports indicate that an asteroid about the size of the one that levelled the forest in Tunguska, Siberia, a century ago, buzzed past Earth on March 2nd, ... Read more...
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US, Russia satellite collision not to delay Chinese space programme
February 13th, 2009 - 4:40 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 13 (ANI): The wreckage of US and Russian satellites that collided over Siberia poses a threat to Chinese satellites in orbit, but the latters space plan will proceed ... Read more...
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Earths continents function as a thermal blanket
January 23rd, 2009 - 5:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 23 (ANI): Numerical modelling by scientists from the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences has determined that the continents of our planet function as a thermal blanket, which leads ... Read more...
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Scientists discover warm plasma cloak enveloping Earth
January 8th, 2009 - 2:08 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 8 (ANI): Scientists have assembled information that indicates the presence of a new magnetosphere layer around Earth, what they call a warm plasma cloak.The magnetosphere, which is the shield ... Read more...
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Space is closer to Earth than believed
January 8th, 2009 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 8 (ANI): Space is not as far from the Earths surface as people think, for scientist have discovered that the ionosphere, the layer of electrically charged particles that comprises ... Read more...
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Dark eclipsed Moon and cold weather in 1761 attributed to mysterious volcanic eruption
January 7th, 2009 - 3:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 7 (ANI): Scientists have attributed the dark eclipsed moon and cold weather in 1761 to a mysterious volcanic eruption.According to Dr. Kevin D. Pang, an independent research scientist, A ... Read more...
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How to go to space using a broomstick
January 6th, 2009 - 4:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 6 (ANI): If scientists have their way, future astronauts would be literally going into space by a broomstick, in the form of a 100,000km long tether anchored to the ... Read more...
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Life on Earth was hell 3.5 billion years ago
November 28th, 2008 - 3:53 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra, Nov 28 (ANI): A scientist has developed a computer model which suggests that life on Earth was hell 3.5 billion years ago, with a layer of rock deep inside the ... Read more...
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Forests may influence Earths climate in previously unrecognized ways
November 18th, 2008 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 18 (ANI): In a new study, scientists led by a team at the University of New Hampshire, have shown that forests may influence the Earths climate in important ways ... Read more...
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Method of predicting clear air turbulence could make flights smoother in the future
October 2nd, 2008 - 4:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 2 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Georgia (UGA) have developed a new forecasting method to predict clear air turbulence (CAT) that could make flights smoother in the future.This ... Read more...
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Meteorites from inner solar system may have deposited platinum in the Earths crust
September 24th, 2008 - 2:57 pm ICT by ANI
Berlin, September 24 (ANI): A new study has suggested that some of the worlds rarest and most precious metals, including platinum and iridium, could owe their presence in the Earths crust ... Read more...
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Research sheds new light on air circulation in the atmosphere
August 22nd, 2008 - 3:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 22 (ANI): A new research has determined that air circulates above the Earth in four distinct cells, with two either side of the equator.The new observational study describes how ... Read more...
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Hot rocks technology may provide a solution to climate change
August 20th, 2008 - 5:46 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra, August 20 (ANI): Scientists have suggested that hot rocks technology, also known as geothermal, may provide a possible solution to climate change.Hot rocks technology works by pumping water deep ... Read more...
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Yellowstone supervolcano may be on its last legs
August 9th, 2008 - 4:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 9 (ANI): U.S. researchers say that the relatively tepid temperature of the Yellowstone Caldera indicates that the supervolcano may be on its last legs.Derek Schutt of Colorado State ... Read more...
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Scientists produce the first global geological map on the Internet
August 1st, 2008 - 4:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 1 (ANI): Scientists have pieced together the first global geological map, and have made it available on the Internet.According to a report by BBC News, led by the British ... Read more...
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Tiny microbes beneath the sea floor may account for one-tenth of the Earths living biomass
July 22nd, 2008 - 12:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 22 (ANI): A new research has determined that tiny microbes beneath the sea floor, distinct from life on the Earths surface, may account for one-tenth of the Earths living ... Read more...
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New model determines the intensity of storms
July 9th, 2008 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 9 (ANI): A new mathematical model indicates that dust devils, water spouts, tornadoes, hurricanes and cyclones are all born of the same mechanism and will intensify as climate change ... Read more...
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Comet explosion 12,900 years ago may have altered course of life on Earth
July 3rd, 2008 - 2:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 3 (ANI): New geological evidence has suggested that the course of life on Earth was altered 12,900 years ago by a giant comet exploding over Canada.The evidence was found ... Read more...
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NASAs early warning system would predict quakes 2 weeks in advance
June 11th, 2008 - 1:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 11 (ANI): NASA is collaborating with a UK company in developing an early warning system for earthquakes, which would be able to predict major quakes two weeks in advance.According ... Read more...
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New map shows fire scars at different areas across world
May 23rd, 2008 - 1:51 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 23 (ANI): A University of Leicester geographer has come up with a map that shows that about 3.5 to 4.5 million square km of the global vegetation burns every ... Read more...
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Pumping sulphur gas into atmosphere could slow down global warming
May 20th, 2008 - 12:23 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 20 (ANI): An Australian scientist has proposed a radical solution to slow down global warming, by suggesting a technique which would place sulphur gas into the Earths stratosphere to ... Read more...
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1600 volcanic eruption in Peru had a global impact on human society
April 24th, 2008 - 4:11 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 24 (ANI): A new study by geologists at UC Davis has suggested that the 1600 eruption of the volcano Huaynaputina in Peru had a global impact on human society.The ... Read more...
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Seismologists detect global Love Vibe
April 17th, 2008 - 1:50 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 17 (ANI): Seismologists have detected a subtle and mysterious global hum, known as Love waves, by studying records from some of the Earths most uninteresting seismic stations.According to a ... Read more...
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German accelerator facility to investigate radiation risks for astronauts on Mars mission
April 15th, 2008 - 3:19 pm ICT by admin
Berlin, April 15 (ANI): The European Space Agency (ESA) has chosen the GSI (Gesellschaft fur Schwerionenforschung) accelerator facility in Germany to assess radiation risks that astronauts will be exposed to on ... Read more...
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One out of three Pakistanis will face a water crisis by 2020
March 23rd, 2008 - 10:04 am ICT by admin
Islamabad, Mar.23 (ANI): By 2020, one out of every three Pakistanis would face a water crisis, as the per capita water in Pakistan that was 5,000 m3 in 1947 has reduced ... Read more...
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India might have experienced tsunamis throughout the centuries
March 20th, 2008 - 3:00 pm ICT by admin
Washington, March 20 (ANI): Scientists have suggested that the catastrophic Indian Ocean tsunami in December 2004 that killed 230,000 people, was not a one time occurrence as the people of Tamil ... Read more...
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ESA satellite observes regionally elevated CO2 from manmade emissions for first time
March 19th, 2008 - 4:29 pm ICT by admin
Paris, March 19 (ANI): Scientists have for the first time detected regionally elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide from manmade emissions using data obtained from the SCIAMACHY instrument aboard ESA's (European Space Agency) ... Read more...
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Storing CO2 deep in the earth may help tackle climate change
November 27th, 2007 - 2:15 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Nov 27 (ANI): A study has found that storing carbon dioxide (CO2) deep below the earths surface could be a safe, long-term solution to one of the planets major contributors to ... Read more...
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