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A new study proposes that seeding the orb’s underground ocean with microbes might help us learn how to make other worlds habitable ...

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Stars don’t just form planets—they may also re-supply their disks with gas, reshaping how and where planets emerge.

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Exoplanets—planets that orbit stars beyond our solar system—have transformed our understanding of the universe. Since the ...

Recent observations by JWST of TRAPPIST-1 c ruled out a thick carbon dioxide atmosphere, indicating that the planet is not as ...

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A conversation with Peter Schlosser, vice president and vice provost of Global Futures at Arizona State University ...

Indigenous scholar and organizer Nick Estes explores how land-based and Earth-centered societies are advancing solutions and ...