Astronomers investigating 3I/ATLAS suggest its unique trajectory allows interstellar observers to detect Earth's industrial ...

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When people are framed as something less than fully human, public empathy and willingness to protect their rights shrink ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is only the third known object to barrel into our neighborhood from interstellar space, and it is already ...

While imperceptible to humans, these tiny delays are significant for experiments that rely on pulsars as ultra-precise cosmic ...

Consciousness could be a fundamental part of reality, like gravity or matter, according to this controversial theory.

On Earth, deep-sea vents may have given rise to the planet’s first life. But nothing of the sort seems to be happening at the ...

If aliens from space can die and mourn their dead then they likely invented gods to worship. Because they missed their loved ...

Astronomers are using China's powerful FAST radio telescope to chase after 100 intriguing signals detected by the SETI@home ...

Learning doesn’t always mean flipping through heavy textbooks or sitting in a long lecture. Sometimes, it just takes ...

When you think of birds, you might imagine wings flapping silently against a blue sky. The kākāpō, however, lacks these ...