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Life on Earth had to begin somewhere, and scientists think that “somewhere” is LUCA—or the Last Universal Common Ancestor.

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About 252 million years ago, 80 to 90 percent of life on Earth was wiped out. In the Turpan-Hami Basin, life persisted and ...

NASA will wait at least another two days to launch its next space station crew, delaying the return of Starliner astronauts ...

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But eclipses aren't only an entertaining astronomical show — they have practical implications for science, too. While ...

Our solar system's journey around the center of the Milky Way takes it through varying galactic environments, and one may ...

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A new study finds that climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in ...

Not only do these Looney Tunes stalwarts have to save their family home, but thanks to a plot hatched by extraterrestrials, ...