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Is ethanol really not environmentally friendly? Here are the actual facts: 🔹 Most ethanol for blending in India comes from agri by-products like molasses or damaged grains. 🔹 The ~2,000 L water figure refers mainly to crop growth, which happens anyway for sugar/food

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Meteorite Older Than Earth Hits Georgia Home A meteorite that tore through a Georgia home is about 20 million years older than Earth, dating back ~4.56 billion years. Likely from the asteroid belt, it may have formed during the Solar System’s birth and survived a

Meteorite Older Than Earth Hits Georgia Home

A meteorite that tore through a Georgia home is about 20 million years older than Earth, dating back ~4.56 billion years.

Likely from the asteroid belt, it may have formed during the Solar System’s birth and survived a
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The Ocean’s Longest-Tailed Virus Stuns Scientists In the Pacific near Hawaii, scientists have discovered PelV-1, a giant virus with a tail measuring 2.3 μm, ten times longer than its body and the longest ever seen in a virus. It infects plankton called Pelagodinium, carries a

The Ocean’s Longest-Tailed Virus Stuns Scientists

In the Pacific near Hawaii, scientists have discovered PelV-1, a giant virus with a tail measuring 2.3 μm, ten times longer than its body and the longest ever seen in a virus.

It infects plankton called Pelagodinium, carries a
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World’s Most Advanced Earth-Watching Radar Satellite Comes Alive NASA & ISRO’s $1.3B NISAR satellite has successfully deployed its 12-meter radar antenna in orbit. From 747 km above Earth, NISAR will track ground shifts as tiny as 1 cm, monitor glaciers, forests & even forecast

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Mysterious Planet Spotted Just 4 Light-Years Away #Breaking : Astronomers may have spotted a giant planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A, just 4.37 light-years away our closest Sun like star! 🔹 Detected with JWST’s coronagraph in 2024, then mysteriously vanished in 2025. 🔹

Mysterious Planet Spotted Just 4 Light-Years Away

#Breaking : Astronomers may have spotted a giant planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A, just 4.37 light-years away our closest Sun like star!

🔹 Detected with JWST’s coronagraph in 2024, then mysteriously vanished in 2025.

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Venera 7: Humanity’s First Touchdown on Another Planet #OnThisDay in 1970, the Soviet Union launched Venera 7, the first spacecraft to land on another planet and transmit data back to Earth. After a fiery descent through Venus’s dense atmosphere, it survived temperatures near

Venera 7: Humanity’s First Touchdown on Another Planet

#OnThisDay in 1970, the Soviet Union launched Venera 7, the first spacecraft to land on another planet and transmit data back to Earth.

After a fiery descent through Venus’s dense atmosphere, it survived temperatures near
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Mercury is shrinking! Scientists now find its radius has contracted by 2.7–5.6 km since it formed, making the planet’s diameter about 11 km smaller today. The cause is its iron-rich core slowly cooling and contracting, forcing the crust to buckle and form giant cliffs. This

Mercury is shrinking!

 Scientists now find its radius has contracted by 2.7–5.6 km since it formed, making the planet’s diameter about 11 km smaller today.

The cause is its iron-rich core slowly cooling and contracting, forcing the crust to buckle and form giant cliffs. 

This
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India just unveiled its bold space roadmap • Chandrayaan 4 – Lunar sample-return mission; launch in the late 2020s. • Venus Orbiter Mission – Launch planned for March 2028, orbital operations by mid-2028. • Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS) – First module in 2028, fully

India just unveiled its bold space roadmap

• Chandrayaan 4 – Lunar sample-return mission; launch in the late 2020s.

• Venus Orbiter Mission – Launch planned for March 2028, orbital operations by mid-2028.

• Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS) – First module in 2028, fully
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ISRO completes key Gaganyaan parachute test ISRO has successfully completed the first Integrated Air-Drop Test (IADT-01) validating the parachute system that will ensure astronaut safety during re-entry. This test is a joint effort of ISRO, Indian Air Force, DRDO, Indian Navy

ISRO completes key Gaganyaan parachute test

ISRO has successfully completed the first Integrated Air-Drop Test (IADT-01) validating the parachute system that will ensure astronaut safety during re-entry.

This test is a joint effort of ISRO, Indian Air Force, DRDO, Indian Navy
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Astronomer have captured the first-ever image of a forming planet, WISPIT 2b • Gas giant about 5 million years old • Orbiting 56 AU from a Sun-like star • Located 430 light-years away • Seen carving a gap in its dusty birth disk Observed with cutting-edge instruments like

Astronomer have captured the first-ever image of a forming planet, WISPIT 2b

• Gas giant about 5 million years old
• Orbiting 56 AU from a Sun-like star
• Located 430 light-years away
• Seen carving a gap in its dusty birth disk

Observed with cutting-edge instruments like