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SWOT Satellite Maps Ocean Floor with Advanced Data

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (324+ words) NASA has recently developed a detailed map of the ocean floor using data from the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite. This advancement marks a significant step in understanding underwater features and global water dynamics, contributing to climate studies…...

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Silverpit Crater Confirmed as Ancient Asteroid Impact Site

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (314+ words) The Silverpit Crater lies approximately 700 metres beneath the seabed in the North Sea, about 80 miles off the coast of Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. The crater remained hidden for millions of years under thick layers of sediment. It was first…...

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Devon Island: Earth’s Closest Natural Laboratory for Mars Exploration

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (353+ words) Devon Island: Earth's Closest Natural Laboratory for Mars Exploration'GK Today Scientists searching for ways to sustain human life on Mars are studying one of the most remote places on Earth'Devon Island in Nunavut, Canada. Known as the world's largest uninhabited…...

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Rising Freshwater Threatens Lonar Meteor Crater Ecosystem

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (335+ words) India's only basaltic meteor impact crater, Lonar Lake in Maharashtra, is facing an unprecedented environmental crisis as rising freshwater inflows threaten to irreversibly alter its unique ecology and heritage. Formed around 50,000 years ago, the lake has long been studied as…...