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Earth-like planet discovered in Goldilocks habitable zone

July 4, 2014 Posted by Contributor

The scientists have discovered a planet in the Goldilocks habitable zone that is twice the size of Earth and is located some 3,000 light years from it in a binary star system. According to the scientists, the newly discovered planet which is dubbed as OGLE-2013-0341LBb orbits its star at nearly the same distance as the Earth orbits its star Sun. In a statement, Scott Gaud, a professor State … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: binary star system, Earth, Earth like planet, Goldilocks habitable zone

Scientists Discovered Massive Underground ‘ocean’ 400 miles beneath Earth’s surface

June 17, 2014 Posted by Editor

According to a new study chances are there that as per the early theory the oceans weren’t perhaps the product of icy comets, but might have resulted from geological and tectonic activity that drove water to the surface. “Geological processes on the Earth’s surface, such as earthquakes or erupting volcanoes, are an expression of what is going on inside the Earth, out of our sight,” … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: beneath, Earth, evidence of water, mantle, Ocean, Ringwoodite, triple times, under, underground water, water

Scientists find largest water reservoir deep in Earth

June 13, 2014 Posted by Staff

In a major breakthrough, scientists have claimed that they have discovered the Earth’s largest water reservoir, rock deep in its mantle. According to the researchers, the newly discovered reservoir which is found 640 km beneath our feet could quench the thirst of billions of people in the future. The study was conducted by the researchers at Northwestern University and University of New … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: Earth, earth mantle, ocean under earth, reservior, water, water reservoir

Forest Fire reveals info on ecology before extinction of Dinosaurs

June 7, 2014 Posted by Staff

A research team has uncovered the first fossil-record evidence of forest fire ecology that happened towards the end of the Cretaceous Period, about 66 million years ago in southern Saskatchewan. The new discovery has made crucial revelations about the ecology and climate on the Earth just before the mass extinction of the dinosaurs. The findings were made during an expedition in southern … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: 66-million-year old forest fire, dinasours, Earth, Ecology, extinction of dinosaurs, fire, forest, forest fire, Scientists

NASA’s Kepler space telescope finds a ‘Mega-Earth’

June 3, 2014 Posted by Contributor

NASA’s Kepler space telescope has discovered a giant planet, named Kepler-10c, which has 17 times the mass of Earth. This rocky world is so large that it has been dubbed a “Mega-Earth” and been compared to the giant monster of film fame, Godzilla. According to the researchers, this “Godzilla of Earths” is some 560 light years away from Earth in the constellation Draco. “This is the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: Earth, Earth like planet, Kepler space telescope . Kepler-10c, Kepler telescope, NASA

Antarctic basin melting faster than estimated

May 29, 2014 Posted by Staff

A new study published in Nature indicates that Antarctica's melting glaciers has launched so many icebergs into the ocean, the fastest pulse being the, 1A,  14,600 years ago that it has raised the sea level 6.5 feet (2 meters) in just 100 years. The results are the first direct confirmation for dramatic melting in Antarctica's past. Researchers at UC Irvine and the Jet Propulsion … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: Antarctica, basin, climate change, Earth, faster, glacier, Global warming, melt, sea level, sea level rise

Discovery of Alien life beyond Earth in 20 year!

May 29, 2014 Posted by Contributor

Scientists may be closer to discover alien life beyond the Earth, and they say it may happen within two decades. Two leading scientists related to Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) have recently told the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology in Washington D.C. that there is huge chances of discovering alien life within 20 years. Along with exoplanets, there is also a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tech & Science, Technology Tagged With: Aliens, aliens outside Earth, Earth, exomoons, exoplanets, Kepler space telescope, NASA, SETI

Meteor Shower, the First-Ever Camelopardalid Showed Up

May 24, 2014 Posted by Contributor

A distinctive meteor shower sparkled the skies all over North America on Saturday. Going by the records of the responses from social media it seemed to be successful thriftily in some places on the night of the 23rd and the morning of the 24th from dusk till dawn. "Just saw a awesomely bright meteor with a blue tail!! #MeteorShower," Twitter user Carmen said from Chicago. "Guess anyone who … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: 209P/LINEAR, Camelopardalid, comet, Earth, Meteor, North America, shower

Three International Space Station Crew Returned Safely To Earth in Kazakhstan

May 15, 2014 Posted by Editor

A Russian Soyuz TMA-11M space capsule  carrying a Japanese astronaut, a veteran Russian cosmonaut and a NASA flight engineer landed on the Earth’s surface, putting an end to their six-month orbital mission. They returned near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on May 14, 2014 after  a 188-day stay in space. The capsule carried Expedition 39 NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio , Japanese spaceflyer … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: Earth, International Space Station, Kazakhstan, landing space crew, Orbital Mission, RUSSIAN SPACE, Soyuz Capsule, Soyuz TMA-11M, space station, TMA-11M, Zhezkazgan

Moon once flipped on its side by violent event, claim researchers

May 9, 2014 Posted by Staff

A group of researchers has found certain clues that suggest that the Moon was once flipped on its side by a violent event. The researchers say, there is a common assumption among us that the Moon is a static, dead world with no atmosphere and no plate tectonics. But, the researchers say, there are various signs that suggest that the Moon has been active. The volcanoes and indications of a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: Earth, formation of moon, Moon, moon flip

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