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Initial study finds red planet Mars once had large water ocean

Mar 7, 2015

NASA has revealed that there was a point in time when the surface of Mars was almost a quarter covered with water. According to scientist from the space agency, the ocean was so large it had a depth of one mile...

New York to be engulfed in ocean water by the year 2100, predicts Climate Change Panel

Cody Gash

Feb 21, 2015

Innovation

New York (NY): Much to the concern of scientists and the people of New York, it is expected that by the year 2100, there could a 6 feet rise in sea level and would radically change the map of New York. The find...

lives lost due to pregnancy and childbirth related complications

300,000 women lost lives due to pregnancy and childbirth related complications in 2013, states study

Amanda

Dec 13, 2014

Innovation

Health experts have cited that lives are being lost everyday due to women giving birth in unsanitary conditions, unsafe water and lack of hygienic equipment in hospitals. Lack of these basic facilities in devel...

Curiosity Rover data shows Mars once had water and supported microbial life

Charles Omedo

Dec 9, 2014

Innovation

NASA’s Curiosity rover has sent back scientific data to suggest new evidence of water on Mars, and the idea that the fourth small reddish planet from the sun might have supported microbial life. NASA’s Curio...

The Earth’s water existed even before the birth of The Sun, says scientists

Platonium

Sep 28, 2014

Innovation

In a new study, researchers found that the water found in our solar system existed even before the Sun was created. Till today we knew, Sun was responsible for the existence of life forms and water but the stud...

Water existed even before Sun was created, says study

Abby Smith

Sep 27, 2014

Innovation

Astronomers discovered a new planet with water vapour in its atmosphere

Abby Smith

Sep 27, 2014

Innovation

Astronomers have discovered a new planet that is holding water vapour in its atmosphere. They named the newly discovered planet, as HAT-P-11b. The Neptune-sized planet is the smallest planet to be discovered wi...

The water on Earth is so that that it predates the sun

Half of Earth’s water formed by Interstellar ice is older than the Sun and Solar System

Charles Omedo

Sep 27, 2014

Innovation

"A significant fraction of Earth's water is likely incredibly old, so old that it predates the Earth itself. For me, uncovering these kinds of direct links between our daily experience and the galaxy at large i...

NASA’s Hubble Telescope finds three exoplanets with no water

Platonium

Jul 26, 2014

Innovation

NASA's Hubble Telescope disappointingly found three exoplanets that revolve around stars similar to the sun have low levels of water vapor in their atmospheres. For years, NASA has been using its Hubble Tele...

Huge water reserves found 400 miles below Earth’s Surface

Jamie Hacking

Jun 14, 2014

Innovation

The “transition zone” in the Earth’s mantle earlier suspected to contain water trapped in rare minerals has been proven to have water trapped between the upper and lower mantle layers. A recent study conducted ...

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