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Scientists found a small asteroid visitor near Earth, and it may be a chunk of the MoonA small space rock, 2024 PT5, is fascinating scientists with its Earth-like orbit. Researchers now suggest it might be a piece of the Moon....
NASA’s Rover Found a Lost River System Under Mars, And It Changes What We Know About Its PastNASA's Perseverance Rover has uncovered a hidden river delta on Mars. This discovery suggests Mars experienced multiple wet periods, not ju...
Rocks Hidden Beneath the Pacific May Hold a Secret Record of Earth Slowly CoolingGeoscientists are using ancient chert rocks from the Pacific's Shatsky Rise to understand Earth's thermal history. Oxygen isotopes within t...
Scientists Stunned to Find Signs of Ancient Life in a Place No One ExpectedScientists found ancient wrinkle-like structures in Moroccan rocks. These formations, 180 million years old, suggest microbes lived in deep...
Scientists Unearth Frozen Dinosaur Eggs Hidden Beneath Siberia’s Ice, Changing How Much Know About Prehistoric LifeScientists unearthed 70-million-year-old dinosaur eggs in Siberia's frozen tundra. This rare find offers new insights into dinosaur reprodu...
Mars rover data confirms ancient lake sediments on red planetThe findings from ground-penetrating radar observations conducted by the robotic rover substantiate previous orbital imagery and other data...
Mysterious doughnut-shaped rock spotted on red planet by the Mars Perseverance RoverThe scientist speculates that the wind may have played a role in gradually enlarging any pre-existing pits or cavities in the rock. Alterna...
Scientists make 'disturbing' discovery on remote island, spot plastic rocks off Brazilian coastGeologist Fernanda Avelar Santos was startled to find an unsettling sign of human impact.
Life on Mars? This may be the place to find themRocks collected by Perseverance are filled with organic molecules, and they formed in a lake that would have been habitable a few billion y...
New surprises from Mars: Volcanic rock, more signs of water in the pastThe area containing the Jezero crater is just north of the Martian equator, and it appears the area once was abundant with water and home t...
- Australian brewer to launch 'fossil beer'
Canberra, Sep 22 (IANS) An Australian brewer has announced of launching a "fossil beer" to commemorate 10 years of regional fossil research.
- Mars had flowing water for long time, reveals high-silica 'halos'
Washington, May 31 (IANS) Ancient Mars had flowing water much longer than previously believed, suggests pale zones called "halos" with high...
NASA's rover discovery ignites curiosity on Mars volcanic historyNASA's Curiosity has been exploring sedimentary rocks within Gale Crater since landing in August 2012.
Diamonds used to "probe" how the Earth was shaped 3.5 billion years agoWhile the diamonds of this study were found in 3 billion-year-old sedimentary rocks, diamond formation occurred much deeper.
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers Evidence Of Water On Mars
New evidence of water on Mars: NASAThe American space agency said Mars's Mount Sharp was built by sediments deposited in a large lake bed over tens of millions of years.
- ET in classroom: What is shale gas?
Last week, the govt released its draft policy on auction of blocks of shale gas and oil. ET explains this energy source.
India plans shale gas blocks auction by 2013 endIndia plans to launch its first auction of shale gas block by 2013-end on terms that are likely to be remarkably different from those offer...
- India to offer shale gas blocks by end of 2011
India will launch its first-ever offer of shale gas areas for exploration by end 2011, even as it targets at least a billion dollar of inve...
- RIL, Atlas Energy acquire area in gas-rich region for $192 mn
Reliance Industries and its US partner Atlas Energy have acquired 42,344 acres of acreage in the gas-rich Marcellus shale for about $192 mi...