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Scientists unearth remains of modern glacier near Mars' equator
Scientists have unearthed the remains of a modern glacier near Mars' equator, raising the possibili…
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The alien-hunting team at SETI has a new test for humanity to decipher messages sent from an alien race
SETI hasn't detected a real message from aliens so it decided to simulate one and see how people re…
Jessica Orwig
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NASA partners SETI Institute on planetary protection
Washington, July 11 (IANS) NASA has awarded the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, a $4.7…
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This comet was supposed to be the brightest of 2020 — now it's falling apart in the skies above us
Comet ATLAS was supposed to be the brightest comet of 2020 — so bright that people would be able …
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Kepler estimates there are at least 300 million potentially habitable planets within the Milky Way galaxy
The search for life beyond Earth and the scope of one day settling down on another planet is someth…
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The former director of SETI says Stephen Hawking is wrong about a key point in our search for aliens
"The idea of a civilization which has managed to survive far longer than we have ... and the fact t…
Jessica Orwig
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A mysterious hole on Mars could be a jackpot of scientific discoveries, from extraterrestrial life to where astronauts could live
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter imaged a hole on Mars in 2022 that recently resurfaced, reigniti…
Ellyn Lapointe,Jessica Orwig
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Here's the science refresher you need before diving into Netflix's '3 Body Problem'
Netflix's "3 Body Problem" makes a lot of physics references. Two experts help explain some scienti…
Jenny McGrath
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Scientists had a groundbreaking conversation with a humpback whale in her own language and it could help humans chat with aliens one day
A groundbreaking encounter between scientists and a humpback whale named Twain could shape our firs…
Jessica Orwig,Kelsey Vlamis
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A Harvard professor is risking his reputation to search for aliens. Tech tycoons are bankrolling his quest.
Avi Loeb thinks the public has a right to know the truth about UFOs. He hopes his controversial ide…
Marianne Guenot
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Shahzada Dawood and his son, Suleman, are on the missing Titanic submersible. They're from one of Pakistan's richest families.
Shahzada Dawood, a British-Pakistani multimillionaire, and his 19-year-old son, Suleman, are aboard…
Azmi Haroun
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Videos show mysterious lights in the sky just before a devastating earthquake hit Morocco. Scientists can't figure out why.
The aerial phenomena, known as "earthquake lights," has been seen before, but experts still aren't …
Marianne Guenot
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Here's who's on board the missing Titanic tourist sub
OceanGate's CEO is one of 5 passengers on the missing Titanic tourist sub, alongside a renowned Fre…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A massive asteroid the size of the Empire State Building is about to pass Earth. Here's how to track it.
The asteroid, which is about a half-mile wide, has been studied by scientists for decades and will …
Emily Walsh
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Mars may have had a giant ring billions of years ago, new research suggests
The strange orbit of Mars' moon suggests that the planet may have pulled moons toward it in the pas…
Holly Secon
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A small asteroid that hit Botswana took 23 million years to get here from the asteroid belt, astronomers found
In 2018, an asteroid struck Botswana. Astronomers traced its origins to an ancient space rock in th…
Aylin Woodward
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NASA's new project will let you 'patrol' outer space for new planets
You can now help discover new worlds beyond our solar system from the comfort of your home, thanks …
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A Harvard-led team is launching a new project to search for physical evidence of aliens and their technology
Astrophysicist Avi Loeb is leading the Galileo Project, a program that will search for signs of ext…
Aylin Woodward
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Scientists use this formula, called the Drake equation, to explore the chance we'll make contact with intelligent aliens
Though people in the US can barely pass a basic science quiz created by the government, it's tempti…
Dave Mosher,Jenny Cheng
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Smart aliens might live within 33,000 light-years of Earth. A new study explains why we haven't found them yet.
The group agrees with famous SETI astronomer Jill Tarter, who said in 2010 that it's silly to concl…