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A second Earth-sized world orbiting a dwarf star discovered by scientists
Using data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, scientists have identified an Earth-s…
ANI
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Why on earth did Ron DeSantis think it was a good idea to debate Gavin Newsom?
The Florida governor and his campaign took a calculated risk by agreeing to the debate. It didn't s…
Madison Hall
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A new exoplanet is the most promising candidate for a second Earth — where a year lasts 19.5 days
NASA was looking at old Kepler data from 2018 when they realised one of the planets, Kepler 1649c, …
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom again shuts down talk of a 2024 presidential primary challenge to Biden: 'Not on God's green earth'
Newsom has long been touted as a future Democratic presidential contender. But the California gover…
John L. Dorman
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The best candidate for an Earth-like planet is also the farthest one detected yet — and it has a Guinness World Record to prove it
There’s only a handful of planets that fit the profile of being a potential second-home for …
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LGBTQ candidates made history in 2020, but what's most 'earth-shattering' about their record is its standout diversity
More than 200 LGBTQ candidates won races in 2020, and while gains weren't as big as some had hoped,…
Connor Perrett
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A newly found ‘super’ Earth only takes 2.4 days to complete a year
That means where Earth takes 365.25 days to complete a year, this new super Earth does in less than…
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NASA and Europe’s first target to keep an asteroid from hitting Earth has officially been dubbed Dimorphos
In the past, it has held many titles from Didymoon to S/2003 (65803) — it’s provisional designat…
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Two dozen superhabitable planets identified — some older, a little larger, slightly warmer and possibly wetter than Earth
Researchers have identified two dozen planets outside our solar system that may have conditions mor…
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Any hope of keeping Earth habitable now requires sucking carbon back out of the atmosphere, a new study found
Even if greenhouse-gas emissions stop now, global warming will continue for centuries, a study show…
Aylin Woodward
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NASA's planet-hunting telescope found an Earth-size exoplanet 100 light-years away. It could hide a vast ocean.
TOI 700 d sits in its star's Goldilocks-like habitable zone - the area around a star where it's not…
Aylin Woodward
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Scientists have discovered water vapor on a potentially habitable super-Earth for the first time. That planet is now our best bet for finding alien life.
"Habitability as we understand it is a very Earth-centric concept. So we know one world that is hab…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA just discovered an Earth-like planet
"It's simply awe-inspiring to consider that this planet has spent 6 billion years in the habitable …
Jessica Orwig
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NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, an organic chemist, and an aerospace engineer are all candidates for Congress in 2020 - part of a growing trend of scientists running for office
The topline issues the three candidates are focused on aren't radically different from those of oth…
Hilary Brueck
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An 'absolutely phenomenal' discovery hints 4 Earth-size planets may orbit the closest sun to our own
"We're getting tantalizingly close to observing the correct limits required for detecting Earth-lik…
Dave Mosher
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As Trump readies to announce Supreme Court pick, one judge emerges as top candidate
"That might be somewhere where he might fit," Cindrich told Business Insider. "For sure he's a cons…
Allan Smith
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We just sent a signal to make contact with aliens on a distant 'Super Earth' - here's what we said
Humans just tried to contact intelligent aliens. On Oct. 16, 17, and 18 a team of scientists sent …
Rob Ludacer,Rob Ludacer,Jessi…
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Astronomers found a 'snowy' super-Earth less than 6 light-years away - and it may be the first planet we'll photograph beyond the solar system
Future ground observatories like the Extremely Large Telescope, or perhaps even the Giant Magellan …
Dave Mosher
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How The New Mega-Earth Will Change Our Search For Extraterrestrial Life
With these two extraordinary facts in hand, scientists may want to rescan solar systems with giant …
Leslie Baehr
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Bill Gates Says We Could Wipe At Least 4 Diseases Off The Face Of The Earth In The Next 15 Years
Luckily, many public health experts agree that Guinea worm is on track to be the second disease aft…