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Research aircraft to study climate change in remote atmospheric region

Washington, June 13: Scientists are deploying an advanced research aircraft to study a remote atmospheric region that influences climate change by affecting the amount of solar heat that reaches Ea

NASA scientists find new type of comet dust mineral

NASA scientists find new type of comet dust mineralWashington, June 13 : NASA researchers and scientists from the United States, Germany and Japan have found a new mineral in material that likely came from a comet.

The mineral, a manganese silicide named “Brownleeite”, was discovered within an interplanetary dust particle, or IDP, that appears to have originated from comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup.

The comet originally was discovered in 1902 and reappears every 5 years.

The team that made the discovery is headed by Keiko Nakamura-Messenger, a space scientist at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Experts broadcast ‘Doritos chips’ ad in space for aliens!

London, June 13 : Experts at the EISCAT European space station on the Norwegian island of Svalbard recently sent an advertisement of the famous Doritos tortilla chips into space, hoping that some a

Spanish researchers unveil cloak of silence

Washington, June 13 : Being disturbed in the middle of the night by noisy neighbours’ blasting out music could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to researchers in Spain, who have shown that metam

Greenland Ice Sheet is melting faster than previously believed

Washington, June 13 : A new study has suggested that the Greenland Ice Sheet is melting faster than previously believed, and as a result, freshwater runoff from the area will more than double by th

Ancient antibody molecule sheds light on how humans evolved allergies

Washington, June 13: A new study on an ancient antibody molecule has shed light on how evolution lumbered humans with allergy problems, thereby giving hope for new strategies for treatment.

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