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With 3I/ATLAS streaking away from our planet, speculation remains as to whether the interstellar comet is alien or not.

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In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar ...

In South Africa there’s a little-known ecosystem, containing more plant species than the entire Amazon, plants that are found ...

In the many decades of NASA exploration, there has only been one detection that got on that scale. It was collected by the ...

The sci-fi book series about a cranky Everyman who ends up in the galaxy's deadliest reality game show has sold 6 million ...

About 300 years ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out on a bold quest: to identify and name every living organism on ...

British space scientist Dame Maggie Aderin–Pocock is sure that life is present on some other planet in the universe. Citing ...

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