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Moon is shrinking, causing landslides in lunar south pole

In a cosmic revelation, Earth's moon has undergone a significant transformation, diminishing more than 150 feet in circumference over millions of years due to...

Scientists investigate potential regolith origin on Uranus’ moon Miranda

A pair of researchers led by The Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute in California investigated the potential origin of the thick regolith...

Ancient global ocean on Mars may have come from carbon-rich chondrite meteorites from the outer solar system

According to new research published in Science Advances, the bombardment of Mars by a specific type of meteorite carried a large volume of water...

Planetary-scale ‘heat wave’ discovered in Jupiter’s atmosphere

An unexpected "heat wave" of 700 degrees Celsius has been discovered in Jupiter's atmosphere, stretching 130,000 kilometres (10 Earth diameters). The results were presented...

Marine heatwaves have devastating impacts on marine life in the tropical western and central Pacific Ocean region

The study, published in Global and Planetary Change, looks at the frequency, intensity, and duration of marine heatwaves in the future (MHWs). A MHW...

Air pollution killed 1.8 million people globally in 2019

A new study has found out that 86% of people living in cities in the world are exposed to fine particulate matter. Citizens are exposed...

Scientists estimated deaths globally from air pollution in 2019

Scientists have published a research paper in The Lancet Planetary Health and highlighted the scale of potentially life-threatening air pollution in urban areas. The research...

Planetary scientist finds out the reason for the loss of water on Mars

Planetary scientist Erdal Yiğit of George Mason University has published a research paper in the journal Science, stating that upper atmospheric interactions with solar wind...

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