Was the emergence of intelligent life on Earth just a fluke? Some scientists think not
Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...
Intelligent Aliens May Be Common On Earth-Like Planets, Scientists Say
A new study rewrites the story of human evolution, suggesting that intelligent life is not rare but a natural planetary ...
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Why some astronomers believe Planet 9 is real
For decades, we believed there were nine planets in our solar system—until Pluto was reclassified in 2006. But what if ...
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Last fall, a hunk of interstellar material began orbiting the planet. What was it?
Last fall, the scientific community went into a minor frenzy. A hunk of interstellar material had been sucked into the ...
Scientists Discover 'Super-Earth' Outside Our Solar System And It Is 20 Light-Years Away
Scientists have officially confirmed the discovery of a new super-Earth, HD 20794 d, located just 20 light-years away. This ...
What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: Pluto Is Still a Planet (Sort Of)
According to a recent YouGov poll, 35% of Americans think Pluto is not a planet. But they are all wrong—kind of. To get to ...
Venus shines brightest on Valentine's Day, here's how not to miss it
The countdown to the romantic holiday continues, and astronomers are eagerly anticipating Venus, the planet named after the ...
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Commentary: Despite assault on clean energy, the future remains bright for solar
This is a win-win-win for people, their pocketbooks and the planet. Integrating solar seamlessly ... And a typical solar ...
An Asteroid Sample Just Changed What We Know About Life in Our Solar System
Two exciting new studies detail the life-supporting contents of a 4.3-ounce sample of the asteroid Bennu. The OSIRIS-REx ...
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NASA's returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world
Finding this organic material on Benu means that the building blocks of life could have come from an asteroid, and in our ...
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Scientists witness dying exoplanets disintegrating in real time
We can’t see what’s inside the planets in our Solar System, though seismic waves and other observations give scientists a pretty good idea about Earth’s interior. By examining the entrails ...