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Dwarf planet Ceres an ‘ocean world’ with salty water deep underground: Scientists
The findings confirm the presence of a subsurface reservoir of brine - salt-enriched water - remnants of a vast subsurface ocean that has been gradually freezing.
Updated on Aug 11, 2020 04:11 PM IST
Washington | Reuters | Posted by Anubha Rohatgi
Personal Agenda with Ranveer Brar: One myth I’d like to bust? That a chef’s spouse always gets good food!
But the chef also reveals that the most romantic thing he has done for his wife was to cook her a 17-course meal
Updated on Nov 30, 2019 07:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Samreen Tungekar
Astronomers found smallest dwarf planet in our solar system
A team of scientists has presented images that push a known asteroid Hygiea, into the category of a dwarf planet.
Updated on Nov 05, 2019 08:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Massive impact likely shaped up moon’s two faces: Study
This latter giant impact idea would have happened somewhat later than a merging-moons scenario and after the Moon had formed a solid crust, said Meng Hua Zhu, from Macau University of Science and Technology.
Published on May 21, 2019 06:00 PM IST
Beijing (China) | Press Trust of India
NASA spaceship to photograph most distant world explored yet on New Year’s Day
A camera on board the New Horizons spacecraft is currently zooming in on Ultima Thule, so scientists can get a better sense of its shape and configuration -- whether it is one object or several.
Updated on Dec 29, 2018 09:38 AM IST
Agence France-Presse | Agence France-Presse