Mercury
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Mercury’s 'Great Valley' bigger than North America's Grand Canyon, say scientists (See pic)
World | Nov 17, 2016, 02:11 PM ISTPlanetary scientists have discovered a new large valley in the southern hemisphere of Mercury which provides more evidence that the small planet closest to the Sun is shrinking. Scientists used stereo images from NASA's MESSENGER
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Volcanic activity on Mercury ended 3.5 billion years ago, claim researchers
World | Aug 07, 2016, 10:44 AM ISTResearchers have discovered that major volcanic activity on the planet Mercury most likely stopped about 3.5 billion years ago. According to researchers from North Carolina State, this new study shed light into the geological evolution
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Scientists discover toxic form of mercury in Antarctic sea ice
World | Aug 02, 2016, 11:12 AM ISTAustralian scientists have found a toxic form of mercury in Antarctic's atmosphere and sea ice. According to a research, led by the University of Melbourne, the significant amounts of methylmercury, an especially dangerous strain of
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India's highest temperature registered in Rajasthan's Palodhi, Ahmedabad breaks 100 year record
India | May 20, 2016, 10:40 AM ISTJaipur: Severe heat wave conditions continued to affect normal life in Rajasthan with mercury crossing 50 degrees Celsius in at least two of places in the state. Phalodi in Jodhpur district was hottest at 51
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In a rare celestial crossing, Mercury will transit Sun on May 9
India | May 06, 2016, 12:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: A transit of Mercury over the disc of the Sun will take place in the afternoon of May 9 and will be visible from India after a gap of about ten years. The
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Mercury dips below 30°C, perceptible cold in Delhi air
India | Oct 28, 2015, 10:55 PM ISTNew Delhi: There was perceptible nip in the air under partly overcast skies as the mercury today dived to settle below the 30 degrees Celsius-mark in the national capital.The maximum temperature was recorded at 26.3
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Hottest day in Delhi as mercury shoots to 44.5 deg C
India | May 23, 2015, 09:28 PM ISTNew Delhi: Delhiites today wilted under intense heat wave conditions as the mercury shot up to the season's highest of 44.5 degrees Celsius and crossed 46 degrees mark at the Palam observatory. As the heat
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India's Gagan Toor suggests winning name for Mercury crater
World | May 14, 2015, 10:52 AM ISTWashington: Enheduanna, the name suggested by Gagan Toor of India, is one of the winners of a contest to name five new craters on the planet Mercury.Toor chose the name after Enheduanna, a princess of
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Doomsday at Mercury: NASA spacecraft falls from orbit into planet
World | May 01, 2015, 07:19 AM ISTCape Canaveral(Florida): The only spacecraft ever to orbit Mercury ended its four-year tour with a crash landing on Thursday.NASA's Messenger plunged from orbit as planned and slammed into the sun's closest planet at about 8,750
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Mercury reaches freezing point in Himachal Pradesh
India | Jan 31, 2015, 07:52 PM ISTShimla: Mercury hovered around freezing point in most parts of Himachal Pradesh today and the state's higher reaches reeled under arctic conditions where mercury stayed between minus 18 to minus 28 degree Celsius.Keylong experienced the
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Rain in Himachal brings down mercury
India | Oct 14, 2014, 10:59 AM ISTShimla: The hills of Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday saw drop in temperature due to rainfall.The state capital recorded a low of 8.8 degrees Celsius, a fall from Monday's 12.3 degrees.Most of the prominent tourist towns
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Mercury plunges to 5.2 degrees in Odisha town
India | Dec 18, 2013, 07:12 AM ISTBhubaneswar: Several places in Odisha continued to reel under a cold wave with Phulbani town recording 5.2 degrees Celsius Tuesday, the day's lowest in the state.Phulbani, the district headquarters town of Kandhamal, about 210 km
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Mercury settles close to normal in Punjab, Haryana
India | Sep 01, 2013, 06:46 PM ISTChandigarh: Mercury in Punjab and Haryana today settled close to normal today with no report of rains from any part of the region.Union Territory of Chandigarh recorded a maximum of 33.8 degrees Celsius, the MeT
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Cold wave sweeps Punjab & Haryana as mercury dips further
India | Jan 21, 2013, 11:58 AM ISTChandigarh, Jan 21: Cold conditions today intensified in most parts of Punjab and Haryana, with mercury dipping by a few notches below the normal level.Chandigarh experienced the chill recording a minimum temperature of 5.4 degrees
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Closest planet to sun, Mercury, harbors ice: NASA
World | Nov 30, 2012, 10:26 AM ISTCape Canaveral (Florida),Nov 30: Just in time for Christmas, scientists have confirmed a vast amount of ice at the north pole - on Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun.The findings are from NASA's Mercury-orbiting
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Mercury launches ICS tablet for Rs 6,500
Oct 09, 2012, 11:37 AM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 9: Kobian, a leading player in computer peripherals and tablets, has launched a new low cost 7 inch tablet, called mTab7. The tablet comes with comes with a 7 inch capacitive light
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Rains bring down mercury in Delhi, water logging in many areas
India | Aug 24, 2012, 09:41 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 24: Heavy rains today lashed the national capital, bringing down the temperature but Delhiites had to face troubles while commuting due to waterlogged roads and traffic jams.The city received 10.9 mm rains
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Fog Disrupts Normal Life, Mercury Dips In National Capital
India | Jan 20, 2012, 01:46 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 20: Dense fog in the early hours affected air and rail traffic for the third day today in the capital even as mercury plummeted below five degree Celsius.The minimum temperature was recorded
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Coldest Day In Delhi At 5.9 Celsius
India | Dec 15, 2011, 10:14 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 15: Mercury slipped further in the capital today with the mimimum temperature recorded below six degree Celsius to make it the coldest day of the season.The minimum was recorded three degrees below
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Nasa's Messenger Starts Orbiting Mercury: A First
World | Mar 18, 2011, 12:30 PM ISTWashington, March 18: For the first time, Earth has a regular orbiting eye-in-the-sky spying on the solar system's smallest and strangest planet, Mercury.NASA's spacecraft called Messenger successfully veered into a pinpoint orbit Thursday night after