Melbourne: A new study has stated that 466 million years ago there was a dust ring around the Earth like the planet Saturn. This dust ring, which has existed around the Earth for millions of years, may have cooled the world’s climate, even contributing to the coldest period in the last 50 million years. Scientists got this latest information after…
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Washington: A billionaire astronaut and his team have returned safely to Earth after a private spacewalk. The astronauts concluded a private five-day spacewalk that reached a higher altitude than any previous space mission since NASA’s lunar landings. A SpaceX capsule made a successful early morning landing in the Gulf of Mexico near Dry Tortugas, Florida, carrying billionaire Jared Isaacman, two…
Madrid: Two experts who study the dynamics of asteroids have revealed that a small space rock will enter orbit around Earth this month before traveling to another part of the solar system. Researchers Carlos Márquez and Raúl Márquez from the Complutense University of Madrid explain in their paper how Earth intercepts asteroids on a regular basis and 2024 PT.5 Calculated…
Beijing: Scientists have recently created a map of the world’s outer surface plate tectonics spanning 1.8 billion years from data obtained from inside rocks on Earth’s surface. This is the first time that Earth’s geological record has been used in a way that allows us to map the Earth from today to 1.8 billion years into the past. Experts have…
Washington: The damaged Boeing Starliner attached to the space station has been brought back to Earth. Boeing’s Starliner, a space transport capsule, returned to Earth shortly after midnight ET without the two-person crew. The return marked the end of a packed test flight to the International Space Station that carried two people to the space station. Butch Wilmore and Sunny…