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4.6-billion-year old meteorite suggests much dustier origin for Earth

Washington, June 20 : The analysis of a 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite that fell in India in 1940 has revealed higher than expected levels of sodium, suggesting that the dust clouds from which the

End of last ice age saw dramatic see-saw climate changes

Washington, June 20 : An international science team has gathered information from a Greenland ice core which shows that the Northern Hemisphere briefly emerged from the last ice age some 14,700 yea

Computer model suggests large “Planet X” might lurk beyond Pluto

Washington, June 19: A new computer model has suggested that an icy, unknown world, referred to as ‘Planet X’, might lurk in the distant reaches of our solar system beyond the orbit of Pluto.

Seemingly sluggish whale sharks are deceptively fast deep underwater

London, June 19: Researchers have discovered although whale sharks, which are the world’s biggest fish, seem sluggish on the surface, deep down they are deceptively fast.

Solution of plant world paradox may lead to better predictions for climate change

Washington, June 19 : Scientists have resolved a longstanding paradox in the plant world, which could lead to far more accurate predictions of global climate change.

Black holes of all sizes have similar feeding patterns

Black holes of all sizes have similar feeding patterns

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