Here's how dinosaurs could have survived mass extinction
The impact of the asteroid caused a crater 180 km wide and heated organic matter in rocks and ejected it into the atmosphere, forming soot in the stratosphere.
Iran successfully tests satellite launch rocket
The Simorgh satellite carrier would be able to put satellites weighing as much as 250 kg at an orbit about 500 km above the Earth's surface, according to Tasnim news agency.
Jul 28, 2017, 00:55 AM IST
Roads shatter Earth's surface into 600,000 fragments reducing ability of ecosystems to function effectively: Study
A new study has found that the Earth's surface is shattered by roads into over 600,000 fragments, more than half of which are smaller that one square kilometre.
Dec 20, 2016, 07:49 AM IST
Explosive volcanism drove major changes in 'Snowball Earth'
According to a new research, around 720-640 million years ago, much of the Earth's surface was covered in ice during a glaciation that lasted millions of years. Explosive underwater volcanoes were a major feature of this 'Snowball Earth'.
Jan 19, 2016, 21:05 PM IST
