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Mud-Buried Bodies, Injured Everywhere: Shocking Scenes After J&K Cloudburst
The shocking scenes of physical and psychological trauma unfolded on a massive scale as search and rescue operations were underway, digging out mud-buried bodies and rescuing the injured trapped in slush and rocks after flash floods.
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Mountaineers Trek To Recover Chinese Climber's Body From K2 Peak
A team of mountaineers set off on foot Thursday to recover the body of a Chinese climber from the world's second-highest peak after bad weather grounded helicopter flights, a Pakistani official said.
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Retrieval Op On K2 For Chinese Climber's Body, Mountaineers Set Off On Foot
A team of mountaineers set off on foot Thursday to recover the body of a Chinese climber from the world's second-highest peak after bad weather grounded helicopter flights, a Pakistani official said.
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NASA's Perseverance Rover Captures Mysterious Rock On Mars That Looks Like "Helmet"
The rock is composed of spherules, which are tiny, perfectly shaped spheres.
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Inside The Mine That Fuels Tech World, Funds Congo's rebels
Under the watchful eye of M23 rebels in the hills around the Congolese town of Rubaya, a line of men in rubber boots ferry sacks full of crushed rocks up winding paths cut into the slopes.
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Auction Of World's Largest Mars Meteorite Sparks Ownership Debate
The recent auction of a Martian meteorite -- for a record-grabbing $5.3 million at Sotheby's New York -- has sparked questions over its provenance and renewed debate over who gets to claim rocks fallen from the heavens.
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Man Rescued After Carving 'HELP' On Rock, Survives 9 Days On Pond Water
Andrew Barber, 39, was rescued after carving the word "HELP" on a rock and drawing "SOS" in the mud.
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4 Hidden Luxury Resorts In Saudi Arabia For Indian Travellers To Escape To
Saudi Arabia is fast emerging as a luxury travel destination for the Indian traveller
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ESA’s Mars Express Discovers Deep Valleys and Frozen Features Hinting at Mars’ Icy Past
In July 2025, the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter captured a high-resolution image of Acheron Fossae, a region marked by deep chasms and ridges on Mars’s surface. These features, created by ancient crustal stretching, split the terrain into raised horsts and sunken grabens. Valley floors reveal smooth surfaces carved by slow-moving...
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When NASA Intern Stole $21 Million Of Lunar Rocks, Kept Them Under Bed For "Sex On The Moon"
Some of the stolen lunar samples were bizarrely stashed under Roberts' bed, to have "sex on the moon."
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Cosmic Visitor: 4.56-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite Strikes into Georgia Home
On June 26, 2025, a dazzling daytime fireball streaked over Georgia, captured by satellites and witnessed across multiple states. A surviving fragment smashed through the roof of a McDonough home, denting the wooden floor 14 feet below. Scientists at the University of Georgia analyzed about 23 grams of this ancient rock, determining it to be a 4.56...
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Spots Ancient Coral-Like Rock on Mars
On July 24, 2025, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured an image of a small, coral-shaped rock in Gale Crater using its ChemCam Remote Micro Imager. The light-colored, 1-inch (2.5 cm) formation likely formed billions of years ago when mineral-rich water seeped into tiny fractures in the rock, leaving behind hardened mineral veins after evaporation...
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NASA's Curiosity Rover Spots Coral-Shaped Rock On Mars
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover recently sent back black and white images of a rock on the Martian surface that looks remarkably like a piece of coral.
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5 Of Family Among 6 Killed As Car Falls Into Gorge In Himachal's Chamba
Six people, including five members of a family, were killed on the spot when their car fell 500 metres down into a gorge in Himachal's Chamba district, police said on Friday.
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China Conducts First Test Of Manned Lunar Lander 'Lanyue'
China conducted its first test on Wednesday of a lunar lander that it hopes will put the first Chinese on the moon before 2030, the country's manned space program said.
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Mud-Buried Bodies, Injured Everywhere: Shocking Scenes After J&K Cloudburst
The shocking scenes of physical and psychological trauma unfolded on a massive scale as search and rescue operations were underway, digging out mud-buried bodies and rescuing the injured trapped in slush and rocks after flash floods.
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Mountaineers Trek To Recover Chinese Climber's Body From K2 Peak
A team of mountaineers set off on foot Thursday to recover the body of a Chinese climber from the world's second-highest peak after bad weather grounded helicopter flights, a Pakistani official said.
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Retrieval Op On K2 For Chinese Climber's Body, Mountaineers Set Off On Foot
A team of mountaineers set off on foot Thursday to recover the body of a Chinese climber from the world's second-highest peak after bad weather grounded helicopter flights, a Pakistani official said.
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NASA's Perseverance Rover Captures Mysterious Rock On Mars That Looks Like "Helmet"
The rock is composed of spherules, which are tiny, perfectly shaped spheres.
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Inside The Mine That Fuels Tech World, Funds Congo's rebels
Under the watchful eye of M23 rebels in the hills around the Congolese town of Rubaya, a line of men in rubber boots ferry sacks full of crushed rocks up winding paths cut into the slopes.
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Auction Of World's Largest Mars Meteorite Sparks Ownership Debate
The recent auction of a Martian meteorite -- for a record-grabbing $5.3 million at Sotheby's New York -- has sparked questions over its provenance and renewed debate over who gets to claim rocks fallen from the heavens.
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Man Rescued After Carving 'HELP' On Rock, Survives 9 Days On Pond Water
Andrew Barber, 39, was rescued after carving the word "HELP" on a rock and drawing "SOS" in the mud.
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4 Hidden Luxury Resorts In Saudi Arabia For Indian Travellers To Escape To
Saudi Arabia is fast emerging as a luxury travel destination for the Indian traveller
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ESA’s Mars Express Discovers Deep Valleys and Frozen Features Hinting at Mars’ Icy Past
In July 2025, the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter captured a high-resolution image of Acheron Fossae, a region marked by deep chasms and ridges on Mars’s surface. These features, created by ancient crustal stretching, split the terrain into raised horsts and sunken grabens. Valley floors reveal smooth surfaces carved by slow-moving...
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When NASA Intern Stole $21 Million Of Lunar Rocks, Kept Them Under Bed For "Sex On The Moon"
Some of the stolen lunar samples were bizarrely stashed under Roberts' bed, to have "sex on the moon."
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Cosmic Visitor: 4.56-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite Strikes into Georgia Home
On June 26, 2025, a dazzling daytime fireball streaked over Georgia, captured by satellites and witnessed across multiple states. A surviving fragment smashed through the roof of a McDonough home, denting the wooden floor 14 feet below. Scientists at the University of Georgia analyzed about 23 grams of this ancient rock, determining it to be a 4.56...
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Spots Ancient Coral-Like Rock on Mars
On July 24, 2025, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured an image of a small, coral-shaped rock in Gale Crater using its ChemCam Remote Micro Imager. The light-colored, 1-inch (2.5 cm) formation likely formed billions of years ago when mineral-rich water seeped into tiny fractures in the rock, leaving behind hardened mineral veins after evaporation...
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NASA's Curiosity Rover Spots Coral-Shaped Rock On Mars
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover recently sent back black and white images of a rock on the Martian surface that looks remarkably like a piece of coral.
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5 Of Family Among 6 Killed As Car Falls Into Gorge In Himachal's Chamba
Six people, including five members of a family, were killed on the spot when their car fell 500 metres down into a gorge in Himachal's Chamba district, police said on Friday.
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China Conducts First Test Of Manned Lunar Lander 'Lanyue'
China conducted its first test on Wednesday of a lunar lander that it hopes will put the first Chinese on the moon before 2030, the country's manned space program said.
