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In order to understand the massive changes afoot in the warming polar regions, oceanographer Allison Fong is hunting for the ...

The Earth has been hurtling towards Jupiter for the past 242 days, and now it's about to make impact. Now we're so close to ...

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Scientists are using powerful telescopes to study exoplanet atmospheres for signs of life. New missions could soon reveal ...

Life on our planet emerged quickly or, at least, it did so on a geological timescale. Fossils reveal that micro-life existed ...

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New research suggests that amino acids, the fundamental components of life, may have arrived on Earth carried by interstellar ...