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Why NASA is studying 1.2-billion-year-old Scottish rocks for clues to ancient life on Mars and the Red Planet’s watery pastAncient rocks found in Scotland's Stoer Formation are being studied by NASA to understand potential signs of life. These rocks formed 1.2 b...- In 1901, divers recovered an ancient geared device from the Greek shipwreck. 125 years later, the Antikythera Mechanism is still revealing secrets about ancient sciencesIn 1901, divers searching a Greek shipwreck found something no one expected: a small, corroded machine packed with gears. It was the Antiky...
- 'Decagon' at Saturn’s South Pole? After the long-lived 'hexagon' at its north pole, astronomers spot a mysterious 10-sided atmospheric wave in the planet’s southern hemisphere - Here’s what we know so farAstronomers have discovered a giant, evolving ten-sided atmospheric wave near Saturn's south pole. This striking geometric feature was iden...
- In 2003, scientists found Chile's Atacama desert so dry it had no detectable DNA. Now it's helping prepare for Mars missionsChile's Atacama Desert serves as Earth's closest Mars analogue due to its extreme dryness. This arid environment, with minimal rainfall and...
- Earth Once Had Purple Oceans, Scientists SayEarly Earth might have shimmered in shades of purple, not green, according to the Purple Earth Hypothesis. Researchers propose that before ...
- 'A 4-day drive from Delhi to Mars’: Why this cold desert in India is becoming a training ground for Martian experimentsLadakh’s harsh and unique environment is now central to India’s analogue space research, replicating conditions on Mars and the Moon. With ...
- Could you grow plants on the moon? New study provides answersThis is not the first time that attempts have been made to grow plants in lunar regolith.
- Apollo 15 anniversary: 50 years ago, NASA put a car on the MoonApollo 11 and Apollo 13 are the NASA lunar missions that tend to be remembered most vividly. But at the 50th anniversary of Apollo 15, whic...
- Investors are betting on startups making lab-grown meatThe thought of eating an animal-resembling protein may not sound appetising to many. But this could well be how a large population in the w...
- NASA's Kepler telescope spots over 200 new planet candidatesThe new data is the most comprehensive and detailed catalogue of candidate exoplanets, which are planets outside our solar system, from Kep...
- In tribute to APJ Abdul Kalam, NASA names new species after him"The name of the bacterium is Solibacillus kalamii, the species name is after Dr Abdul Kalam and genus name is Solibacillus which is a spor...
- Scientists discover Jupiter twin orbiting Sun-like starAlthough many planets similar to Jupiter have been found earlier, this new planet is the most accurate analogue yet found for the Sun and J...
- Driest place on earth found in Atacama Desert, ChileResearchers have discovered the driest location on Earth in the Atacama Desert in Chile – and they were surprised to find some bacteria liv...
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