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  In a first, scientists observe star swallowing a jupiter-size planet; will earth meet the same fate?

  Science | May 04, 2023 15:07 IST

  The study which has been published in journal nature said that after running out of fuel in its core, the star began to grow in size, shrinking the gap with its neighbhouring plant, eventually swallowing it.

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  Earth Day 2023: Significance of celebrating the 'blue planet', theme & history I What PM Modi says

  Science | April 22, 2023 12:10 IST

  Earth Day 2023: Earth Day is observed every year in the fourth week of April with an aim to entice and unite human beings towards the ultimate goal of dealing with the deteriorating climatic situation.

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  Solar Eclipse 2023: Will the rare 'hybrid' celestial event witnessed in India? All you need to know

  Science | April 20, 2023 9:22 IST

  Solar Eclipse 2023: The rare ‘hybrid’ solar eclipse will occur but unfortunately, it won’t be visible in India. Still confused! Don't worry. We have broken down in simple words. Read here.

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  Andhra Pradesh: Large deposits of 15 'rare earth elements' found in Anantapur

  India | April 07, 2023 23:29 IST

  Andhra Pradesh news: NGRI scientist PV Sunder Raju said, "Zircon of varying shapes was observed in Reddypalle and Peddavadaguru villages."

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  Missed last week's planetary hangout? 5 planets again aligned near Moon I WATCH VIDEO

  Science | March 28, 2023 22:14 IST

  According to NASA, at least five planets — Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus and Mars — will line up near the moon on Tuesday after sunset.

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  Has Earth's inner core stopped rotating? Debate rages

  Science | January 25, 2023 14:47 IST

  The rotation of the Earth's solid inner core may have recently paused and could be reversing, according to a study published in Nature Geoscience.

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  NASA's Orion capsule buzzes Moon, sends pics of 'pale blue planet' Earth

  Science | November 22, 2022 11:59 IST

  NASA Artemis Moon Mission: Video of the looming moon and our pale blue planet more than 230,000 miles (370,000 kilometers) in the distance left workers “giddy" at Houston's Johnson Space Center,

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  Jupiter makes its closest approach to Earth in 59 years; watch LIVE video here

  Trending | September 26, 2022 21:30 IST

  The next time Jupiter will come this close to Earth will be in 2129. Watch the unmissable celestial event LIVE here.

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  Watch out! NASA warns of huge asteroid headed for Earth tomorrow

  Science | September 12, 2022 19:20 IST

  Asteroid 22 RQ is already heading in the direction of Earth traveling at an astonishing speed of 49,536 and will miss the planet on September 13.

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  Solar storm to strike Earth today, expect disruption in mobile, GPS connectivity | Read to know more

  Science | July 19, 2022 18:00 IST

  Solar Storm to strike earth: Even though the strike may not disrupt the weather conditions on the planet, there are possibilities of blackouts in terms of mobile, and GPS services in some parts of the green planet.

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  Will Earth get hit with a major solar storm? Risk of blackout arises after eight sunspots emerge

  Trending | June 22, 2022 11:38 IST

  Things are again heating up on the sun due to which eight new sunspots have emerged on the Earth-facing side of the solar disk. The solar activity is slowly increasing day by day and will increase significantly this week. Due to this, there are possibilities that X-class solar flares and radiation storms can pose a harmful impact on the GPS system.

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  Geomagnetic solar storm to hit earth? GPS, radio, power supply may get hit

  Science | April 14, 2022 18:27 IST

  Geomagnetic storm means discharge of coronal mass ejection in significant amounts with high-intensity energy coming towards the earth.

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  Asteroid bigger than Burj Khalifa passes by Earth and Twitterati can't keep calm

  Trending | January 19, 2022 7:47 IST

  The giant asteroid crossed the Earth at a distance of roughly 1.98 million kilometres. It was being classified as ‘potentially hazardous’ and ‘Near-Earth Object’ because of its closeness to the planet Earth. There were many who feared the catastrophic destruction that could happen if the asteroid of this size collided with our planet. Luckily, nothing of this sort happened!

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  Sun fires significant solar flare, can disrupt Earth's GPS signals: NASA

  Science | October 29, 2021 15:44 IST

  The flare originated from a sunspot called AR2887 currently positioned in the center of the sun and facing the Earth, based on its location, Spaceweather.com reported.

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  Climate change causing drop in brightness of Earth: Study

  Science | October 01, 2021 15:46 IST

  Researchers found that Earth is now reflecting about half a watt less light per square metre than it was 20 years ago, with most of the drop occurring in the last three years of earthshine data.

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  SpaceX tourists' 3-day trip to orbit ends with splashdown in Atlantic off Florida coast

  Science | September 19, 2021 7:05 IST

  SpaceX’s fully automated Dragon capsule reached an unusually high altitude of 363 miles (585 kilometers) after Wednesday night’s liftoff.

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  SpaceX launches 4 amateurs on private Earth-circling trip

  Science | September 16, 2021 16:26 IST

  It’s SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s first entry in the competition for space tourism dollars. Isaacman is the third billionaire to launch this summer, following the brief space-skimming flights by Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson and Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos in July.

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  Earth, Saturn to come closest today. Here's when it will be visible in India

  Science | August 02, 2021 8:25 IST

  "As per Indian Standard Time (IST) at 11.30 am, Saturn and Earth will be closest to each other," an official has informed.

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  Massive, stadium-sized asteroid to fly past Earth soon. Details

  Science | July 21, 2021 12:12 IST

  In March this year, the largest asteroid passed through Earth at a speed 124,000 kph. 

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  Earth's energy imbalance doubled in 14 years: NASA

  World | June 19, 2021 10:47 IST

  To reach this conclusion, scientists compared data from two independent measurements -- NASA's Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) and data from a global array of ocean floats called Argo that enable an accurate estimate of the rate at which the world's oceans are heating up.