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NASA's Chandra finds fastest wind from stellar-mass black hole

The geometry of the magnetic fields and rate at which material falls towards the black hole must influence whether winds are produced.

Russian scientists cultivate plant from 30,000-year-old seeds

Russian scientists have successfully grown plants from seeds found frozen in the Siberian permafrost for about 30,000 years, the RIA Novosti news agency reported Tuesday.

Fastest wind observed around black hole

Scientists recently clocked the fastest ever observed wind blowing off the disk around a stellar-mass black hole, according to media report on Tuesday.

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New family of amphibians discovered in northeast India

Indian scientists have claimed the discovery of an entirely new family of amphibians in the forests in northeastern part of the country.

Moon still geologically active: study

The moon may still have tectonic activities in recent years, according to a new study published Sunday in the American journal Nature Geoscience.

Astronomers reveal new type of planet

Using Hubble space telescope, an international team of astronomers have come up with a new class of planet, according to a report published online Tuesday in The Astrophysical Journal.

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