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There are few ideas in science that capture the imagination quite like the search for extraterrestrial life. From Mars missions and exoplanet surveys to SETI's decades-long hunt for signals, ...

A controversial new scientific paper has sent shockwaves through the academic community by suggesting that life on Earth may not have emerged through natural processes alone, but could instead be the ...

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A sharply defined cloud front on Venus, stretching about 6,000 kilometers across, has puzzled planetary scientists since Japan’s Akatsuki spacecraft spotted it sweeping around the planet’s equator.

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