Long before scientists discovered that other stars in the universe host their own planetary systems, humanity had ...

Global temperature increases over the past thirty years, visualized. Credit: NOAA/NCEI Earth's average global temperatures have been steadily increasing since the Industrial Revolution. According to ...

The first unmistakable signal from another intelligence would rank alongside fire and writing in the story of our species, yet a growing group of researchers warns that such a moment might arrive not ...

For decades, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence has largely been predicated on a specific assumption: that advanced civilizations will inevitably grow, expanding their energy consumption and ...

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The TRAPPIST-1 solar system, depicted in this artist's impression, might harbor Earth clones with oceans and rich atmospheres. (Photo digital Illustration by NASA/NASA via Getty Images) A young ...

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