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Imagine there’s a super-rich alien living on a nearby planet. It runs a business that involves making and launching hi-tech ...
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Earth as a planet
Science tells us that climate change is real and is changing ... Big changes often cannot be taken back. Good luck, Planet ...
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How we study our planet
We often focus on space observatories that peer beyond Earth. But the vast majority of satellites stare right back at us.
"Most people would think that these organisms are just like spores or dormant," James Tiedje said. "These microbes are active ...
Science is advancing and with it, fascinating and unique things are being discovered, as has happened in the Pacific Ocean. A group of researchers from ETH Zurich and the Californi ...
Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing ...
Lake Salda, in southwestern Turkey, bears a close resemblance to Mars' Jezero crater, which is currently being sampled by ...
But while lifeless during that time, the planet was already covered by vast oceans dotted with hydrothermal vent systems that ...
Four private astronauts returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Friday after roughly four days orbiting the planet in a ...
New research finds that global warming has significantly reduced the amount of water that’s being stored around the world in ...
The losses in soil moisture already pose issues for farming, irrigation systems and critical water resources for humans. But ...