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A Carnegie-led team of astronomers detected the strongest evidence yet of an atmosphere around a rocky planet beyond our ...

New details of deliberations show how aides with overlapping agendas drove the United States toward a militarized ...

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS defies comet norms with steady mass loss and precise dust jets, racing towards Jupiter.

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From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

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