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Scientists Discover Cosmic Clock in Zircon Crystals That Tracks Earth’s Landscape History
Scientists have identified a natural “cosmic clock” inside zircon crystals that can date Earth’s surface processes over millions of years. By measuring cosmogenic krypton created by cosmic rays, researchers reconstructed erosion rates in southern Australia, revealing an exceptionally stable landscape shaped slowly over 40 million years and ex...
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Opinion | Kerala's Minerals May Be India's Key To Long-Horizon Strategic Independence
Kerala's heavy minerals include monazite, ilmenite, rutile, zircon, and sillimanite - materials indispensable to energy transition, defence manufacturing, electronics, and advanced metallurgy. And yet, India has barely begun to value this endowment.
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Ancient Greenland Rocks Found in Iceland Sheds Light on Late Antique Ice Age
A 2025 study led by geologists Christopher Spencer, Ross Mitchell, and Thomas Gernon identifies ancient Greenland rocks embedded in Icelandic cliffs. These rocks, transported by icebergs over 1500 years ago, confirm glacial expansion during the Late Antique Little Ice Age (LALIA). The findings shed light on past climate anomalies and serve as cruci...
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Evidence of Hot Water on Mars Found in Ancient Meteorite From Early Days of Solar System
Evidence of ancient hot water activity on Mars has been found in a 4.45-billion-year-old zircon grain from the NWA7034 meteorite. The findings, detailed in Science Advances, reveal that hydrothermal systems were active on Mars during the Pre-Noachian period. Researchers suggest these systems, essential for life on Earth, could have made Mars habita...
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Putin Puts Warship Armed With "Invincible" Zircon Missiles On Combat Duty
President Vladimir Putin sent a frigate to the Atlantic Ocean armed with new generation hypersonic cruise missiles on Wednesday, a signal to the West that Russia will not back down over the war in Ukraine.
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Russia's Zircon Hypersonic Missile: Putin Says "No Equivalent In World"
The Russian navy will have the new hypersonic Zircon cruise missiles in early January, one the weapons Moscow has developed in recent years, Russian President Vladimir Putin said today.
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Iran "Most Likely" Attacked Israeli-Owned Tanker Off Oman Coast, Says US
The United States on Wednesday said an attack on the commercial tanker MV Pacific Zircon off the coast of Oman was most likely conducted by Iran with a drone.
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Tanker Hit By Projectile Off Oman Coast, Says Israeli-Owned Shipping Firm
A "projectile" has hit a tanker carrying gas oil off the coast of Oman, the Israeli-owned shipping company that operates the vessel said Wednesday.
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Russia Says Testing Of Hypersonic Zircon Cruise Missile Complete
Russia has completed testing its hypersonic Zircon cruise missile and will deploy it before the end of the year on a new frigate of its Northern Fleet, a senior military official said on Wednesday.
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Russia Fires "Invincible" Hypersonic Missile, Hits Target 1,000 Km Away
Russian forces Saturday announced a latest successful test of their Zircon hypersonic cruise missile as Moscow steps up its Ukraine offensive.
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Scientists Discover Cosmic Clock in Zircon Crystals That Tracks Earth’s Landscape History
Scientists have identified a natural “cosmic clock” inside zircon crystals that can date Earth’s surface processes over millions of years. By measuring cosmogenic krypton created by cosmic rays, researchers reconstructed erosion rates in southern Australia, revealing an exceptionally stable landscape shaped slowly over 40 million years and ex...
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Opinion | Kerala's Minerals May Be India's Key To Long-Horizon Strategic Independence
Kerala's heavy minerals include monazite, ilmenite, rutile, zircon, and sillimanite - materials indispensable to energy transition, defence manufacturing, electronics, and advanced metallurgy. And yet, India has barely begun to value this endowment.
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Ancient Greenland Rocks Found in Iceland Sheds Light on Late Antique Ice Age
A 2025 study led by geologists Christopher Spencer, Ross Mitchell, and Thomas Gernon identifies ancient Greenland rocks embedded in Icelandic cliffs. These rocks, transported by icebergs over 1500 years ago, confirm glacial expansion during the Late Antique Little Ice Age (LALIA). The findings shed light on past climate anomalies and serve as cruci...
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Evidence of Hot Water on Mars Found in Ancient Meteorite From Early Days of Solar System
Evidence of ancient hot water activity on Mars has been found in a 4.45-billion-year-old zircon grain from the NWA7034 meteorite. The findings, detailed in Science Advances, reveal that hydrothermal systems were active on Mars during the Pre-Noachian period. Researchers suggest these systems, essential for life on Earth, could have made Mars habita...
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Putin Puts Warship Armed With "Invincible" Zircon Missiles On Combat Duty
President Vladimir Putin sent a frigate to the Atlantic Ocean armed with new generation hypersonic cruise missiles on Wednesday, a signal to the West that Russia will not back down over the war in Ukraine.
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Russia's Zircon Hypersonic Missile: Putin Says "No Equivalent In World"
The Russian navy will have the new hypersonic Zircon cruise missiles in early January, one the weapons Moscow has developed in recent years, Russian President Vladimir Putin said today.
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Iran "Most Likely" Attacked Israeli-Owned Tanker Off Oman Coast, Says US
The United States on Wednesday said an attack on the commercial tanker MV Pacific Zircon off the coast of Oman was most likely conducted by Iran with a drone.
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Tanker Hit By Projectile Off Oman Coast, Says Israeli-Owned Shipping Firm
A "projectile" has hit a tanker carrying gas oil off the coast of Oman, the Israeli-owned shipping company that operates the vessel said Wednesday.
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Russia Says Testing Of Hypersonic Zircon Cruise Missile Complete
Russia has completed testing its hypersonic Zircon cruise missile and will deploy it before the end of the year on a new frigate of its Northern Fleet, a senior military official said on Wednesday.
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Russia Fires "Invincible" Hypersonic Missile, Hits Target 1,000 Km Away
Russian forces Saturday announced a latest successful test of their Zircon hypersonic cruise missile as Moscow steps up its Ukraine offensive.
