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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 process rather than an improbable event.

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Evolving intelligent life took billions of years − but it may not have been as unlikely as many scientists predicted

A popular model of evolution concludes that it was incredibly unlikely for humanity to evolve on Earth, and that extraterrestrial intelligence is vanishingly rare. But as experts on the entangled history of life and our planet,

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 dominate the planet. All this happened about 4.5 billion years after Earth formed,

Asteroid 2024 YR4 may hit Earth in 2032

An asteroid could hit Earth in 2032, NASA says. Here's what to know about the potential "city killer."

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.

Chances of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade has nearly doubled, NASA says

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA astronomers.

An asteroid could hit Earth in 7 years. Here's how astronomers are tracking it

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a football field as they try to determine how likely it is to strike Earth in 2032.

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Pale Blue Dot: The iconic Valentine's Day photo of Earth turns 35 today — and you're probably in it

On this day 35 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a picture that changed how we see our planet. The iconic "Pale ...

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Scientists Build Space Weather ‘Traffic Light’ to Protect Earth from Dangerous Solar Storms

Yuri Shprits, a space scientist at the German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam, is on a mission to save our planet.

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ITV Exploring ‘Extreme Planet Earth' In Series From Plimsoll; BBC Studios Strikes Natural History Deals In Oz & NZ; Banijay Live Studio – Global Briefs

ITV Exploring ‘Extreme Planet Earth’ In Series From Plimsoll Tiny World producer Plimsoll is making an extreme natural ...

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Fastest exoplanet ever is dragged through space at 1.2 million mph by hypervelocity star

Astronomers have discovered what seems to be a star racing through the Milky Way at 1.2 million mph, dragging a Neptune-sized ...

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Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lander Bids Farewell to Earth on Its Way to the Moon

The Blue Ghost mission launched on Wednesday, January 15, on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and is currently around halfway ...

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