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Looking for worlds around other stars shows us just how weird and unusual our planet really is in the grand scheme of things.
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Astronomers detected a new, strange signal from the heart of our galaxy to the delight of social media users ready for a sign from an alien civilization…
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Dinosaurs may have had no choice but to get wiped out by a catastrophic impact from outer space. But we have options. And we’re starting to test them on real asteroids.
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The next big space race isn’t the United States vs. China, it’s Musk vs. Bezos. And who wins has the potential to change our lives.
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When you’re not being firmly planted onto a solid surface by gravity, it’s not just your bones and muscles that suffer. It takes a toll on your brain too.
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As the international race to explore Mars heats up, some writers are resurrecting an old hypothesis that life on Earth really started on the red planet.
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There are good reasons why designs for human outposts on other planets are starting to look nothing like the typical science fiction tropes with which we’ve grown up.
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When stars get too close to each other the encounters can end in cannibalism, massive explosions, and even parasitic infestations.
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Neutron stars’ thunder is usually stolen by black holes, but these bizarre objects living on the edge of physics create plenty of fascinating phenomena all on their own.
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Water usually means life. But could too much water snuff out life before it has a chance to evolve?