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Researchers from Penn State University proposed in a new academic paper that human-like lifeforms could arise as a logical consequence of a planet’s development — contradicting the long-held “hard ...

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NASA astronomers say there's a small chance a distant asteroid could hit Earth three days before Christmas in 2032 - but much ...