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Many Minnesotans would describe the past few days as fairly warm, given the time of year. That didn't stop the Ice Castles ...

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It's one of life's biggest questions - are we alone in the universe? Now, one of Britain's top space scientists has declared ...

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As NASA plans for long-term human missions beyond Earth, one question keeps resurfacing: how do you sustain life in places ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) is planning a mission to hunt for alien life on the surface of one of Saturn’s moons. Scientists want to send a probe to the icy world of Enceladus, which contains a ...

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

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Comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered on July 1, 2025, by the NASA-funded ATLAS telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile and was quickly ...