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Meteorites give valuable insights into Mars’ atmosphere

Scientists have found that meteorites, which continually bombard the surface of Mars, contain enough...

Bright, sunny Tuesday in Delhi

The capital woke up to a bright, sunny Tuesday with the minimum temperature settling a notch below n...

Scientists to probe Nagpur meteorite shower

A team of scientists from Mumbai will leave for Nagpur Monday to investigate and study the impact of...

Dust storm brings mercury down in Delhi

A dust storm hit several parts of the national capital Saturday evening and brought the temperature ...

Fragments of meteorite behind Tunguska event found?

Now Italian scientists claim to have found chunks of a meteorite, which might have caused the blast,...

Dust haze blankets Delhi, hot day ahead

It was a hot, dusty morning in Delhi on Friday with the maximum temperature expected to reach 40 deg...

Meteor hunters sell space rock for price 20 times more than gold

Rock hunters are stampeding to the site of the world’s biggest gold rush to find meteorites that are...

Clear day for Delhi

On Monday, Delhi will see a clear day with maximum temperature likely to reach 38 degree Celsius.

Meteor hunter finds 4 billion years old asteroid fragments

A meteor hunter has stumbled on two marble-sized nuggets of an asteriod that detonated after collidi...

Minivan-sized meteor packed explosive power

Scientists say a giant fireball that exploded in daylight over California`s Central Valley over the ...

Explosion, fireball reported in Nevada, California

A rare daytime meteor was seen and heard streaking over northern Nevada and parts of California on S...

Hot morning in Delhi, clear day ahead

According to the India Meteorological Department, the skies will remain clear and sunny with no fore...

Pleasant morning in Delhi, warm day ahead

The maximum temperature during the day is expected to hover at 35 degrees Celsius, an India Meteorol...

Tremor alert: Beach road closed for traffic

All the schools were declared holiday in the afternoon on Wednesday as a precautionary measure fol...

Kolkata rocked by successive tremors

Kolkata and parts of West Bengal was on Wednesday rocked by successive mild tremors in a span of le...

People asked to stay away from coasts: Met Dept

The Meteorological Department on Wednesday sought to play down the possible danger triggered by a ma...

Soviet satellite to fall to Earth

Meteor-1, the Soviet Union`s first fully operational weather satellite, will Monday night re-enter t...

Thick snow covers Beijing

The Chinese capital was blanketed by spring snow on Sunday, a day after heavy smog grounded hundreds...

`Huge fireball` appears over Britain

An unusually bright slow-moving light appeared in the night sky above northern Britain.

Earth `formed from diverse mix of meteorites`

Earth might have formed from collisions of many different types of meteorites.

Bright sunny day in Delhi

It was warm morning in the capital on Friday, with the minimum temperature settling slightly above t...

Warmer day in Delhi

The met office has forecast a warm and clear day with a sunny and pleasant morning in the capital on...

Slow meteors that shine brighter than Venus

Astronomers are mystified over the bizarre breed of slow-moving meteors that are lighting up the ski...

Sunny morning in Delhi

It was a sunny morning in the capital on Monday with a slight chill in the air. While the minimum t...

Pleasant, sunny Sunday in Delhi

According to the India Meteorological Department the skies would remain clear and sunny through the ...

Warmer day for Delhi

After days of chilly weather, the capital is set for warmer days.

Extreme rainfall in Central India in past 50 years

Meteorologists have observed a very high rise in the "extreme events of rainfall" in the country in ...

Bright light seen in skies likely a meteor: FAA

The Federal Aviation Administration says a bright, streaking light seen in the skies over parts of O...

Rajasthan: Doppler weather radar operational

With an aim to provide more specific weather data and nowcasting, the Met Dept operationalised its ...

Geologists uncover how meteorites struck moon

A wealth of evidence, provided by lunar rock samples, shows how meteorites struck the moon.

Mars rocks fell in Africa last July

Scientists are confirming a recent and rare invasion from Mars: meteorite chunks from the red planet...

China launches meteorological satellite

China Friday successfully launched a meteorological satellite.

Dazzling meteor shower lights up night sky

A dazzling display of "shooting stars" kicked off the 2012 skywatching season early Wednesday thrill...

Quadrantids meteor shower to delight astro buffs

The New Year will start for astro enthusiasts with fireworks as a meteor shower peaks Wednesday nigh...

Meteorites trigger avalanches on Mars: Scientists

Meteorites trigger avalanches on Mars before they even hit the ground of the Red Planet.

Dazzling meteor shower to brighten up night skies

Startling streaks of multi-coloured Geminids meteor shower will brighten up the sky tomorrow night e...

Orionid meteor shower to reach peak tomorrow

The orionid meteor shower of debris, left behind by Halley`s Comet, will reach its peak on October 2...

Meteorite hits mimic large volcanic eruptions

Some aspects of giant meteorites that have struck the earth, often with devastating consequences, ma...

4.5 bn year-old meteorite hits Comettes` home

A French family discovered a 4.5-billion-year-old meteor had fallen all the way down from an asteroi...

Asteroids are linked to meteorites striking earth

Analysis of dust samples from an asteroid known as Itokawa has unspooled these links.

Partly cloudy morning in Delhi, rain likely

It was a partly cloudy morning in Delhi on Sunday with the minimum temperature settling at 25.1 degr...

Meteorite bombardment ‘brought gold to earth`

During the formation of the Earth, molten iron sank to its centre to make the core. This took with i...

Muggy morning in Delhi, rains likely

Overnight showers followed by a sunny on Wednesday morning ensured a muggy start today for Delhiites...

Perseid meteor shower skywatchers with celestial

NASA treated skygazers across the planet to a celestial display of the Perseid meteor shower.

Full moon to overpower Perseid meteor shower

The Perseid meteor showers, an annual display of shooting stars in Northern Hemisphere, are underway...

`Meteorites carried life`s building blocks to Earth`

Scientists scanned 11 organic-rich meteorites called carbonaceous chondrites for nucleobases, which ...

Monsoon to be below normal in Aug-Sep: IMD

India`s seasonal monsoon will be `below normal` in August and September and could affect farm outp...

Pleasant Monday morning in Delhi

The week took off on a pleasant note for Delhiites with minimum temperature touching season`s averag...

How Boremys turtles survived meteor impact ?

The fossilized remains of the creatures, found by American palaeontologists in rock formations in No...

Final phase of cloud seeding project

Scientists will soon carry out the final phase of a cloud seeding research programme.

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