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Rocks discovered in Canada hold the oldest evidence of life

3.95 billion-year-old rocks could offer the oldest evidence we've found for life on Earth. A team led by the University...

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Awesome new animation envisions Earth in 250 million years

Earth in 250 million years won't be the planet we know and love today. Plate tectonics theory reveals how plates...

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Rammed-earth walls clad an observation tower to blend into a Belgian nature reserve

Mother Nature has reclaimed a former gravel extraction area in Maasvalley Riverpark, a 2,500-hectare nature reserve...

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Scientists just discovered snow on Mars

Forget everything you think you know about Mars. In a study published in Nature Geoscience, scientists confirm...

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How long US residents have to wait until the next solar eclipse

If you find yourself wanting more after yesterday's highly-anticipated total solar eclipse, don’t fret. In just...

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Four Earth-sized planets discovered orbiting the nearest sun-like star

We may be one step closer to finding a “second home” for humans, thanks to research conducted by an international...

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NASA is hiring a ‘Planetary Protection Officer’ - and the job pays six figures

If you grew up loving Men in Black and Independence Day, we may have found the gig for you. NASA is hiring a “planetary...

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Scientists discover ingredient for life on Saturn’s moon

Will Titan, one of Saturn’s moons, be the next rock humans aspire to reach after visiting Mars? Possibly so -...

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New discovery suggests large quantities of water hidden inside the Moon

For years, scientists have assumed that the interior of the Moon is dry. However, a new study of satellite data...

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Tardigrades will be the last surviving creatures on earth after the sun dies

In the event that Earth is struck by an asteroid, the sun goes supernova or the planet is soaked in gamma ray bursts...

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NASA video of the aurora borealis from space will make you catch your breath

If you didn’t want to be an astronaut before today, you will now. Recently, NASA scientists aboard the International...

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New map provides clues into 500-million-year mystery in Earth's past

1,000 to 520 million years ago, Earth's climate was undergoing dramatic changes. From icy extremes in what some...

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UN releases inconceivable new estimate of Earth's 2050 population

Right now there are 7.5 billion people on Earth and counting. But the world in 2050 will be even more packed, according...

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Researchers successfully made a battery out of trash

If there’s one thing that abounds on planet Earth, it is man-made trash. Fortunately, researchers have developed...

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How climate change could alter the environment in 100 years

Want to know exactly what President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement means? Here are some projections...

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