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The habitability of Earth tells us the likelihood of finding life elsewhere
The hunt for habitable worlds has become a hot topic in astronomy. For decades, the search has been focused on planets in the ...
Scientists Say They’ve Found a Dwarf Planet Very Far From the Sun
The small world was found during a search for the hypothetical Planet Nine, and astronomers say the next time it will reach ...
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Astronomers Discover a Possible Dwarf Planet Far Beyond Neptune, Where There Should Have Only Been Empty Space
As it orbits the sun once every 25,000 years, the celestial body 2017 OF201 travels beyond the Kuiper Belt into a region ...
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The Planets Didn’t Form In The Right Order… A New Theory Rewrites Solar System History
Our solar system’s origin story spans billions of years and involves clouds of gas, cosmic collisions, and planetary ...
Ancient pollen reveals stories about Earth’s history, from the asteroid strike that killed the dinosaurs to the Mayan collapse
Palynologists who study tiny pollen fossils share 4 stories found in grains that fell hundreds to millions of years ago.
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How Earth Evolved: A 10-Minute Time-Lapse of Our Planet
Imagine compressing the entire 4.5-billion-year history of Earth into just 10 minutes. In this fast-paced, visually stunning journey, we take you from Earth’s fiery formation to the rise of modern ...