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The Earth’s biosphere contains all the known ingredients necessary for life as we know it. Broadly speaking these are liquid water, at least one source of...
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In 1995, astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail were observing a distant pulsar star when they noticed that the regular rhythm of its pulsating light seemed...
Every day, discoveries deep within the universe unravel life’s biggest mysteries in the cosmos and on Earth. From determining the legacy that fallen “white dwarf stars”...
They’re so radically different from the rest of the planets in the Solar System, that scientists feel that getting a better understanding of these two giants...
Amid mews from her three foster kittens, Inverse spoke to Lawless about taking power back in her education, bringing “old space” and “new space” together, and...
In 2016, the Japanese Space Agency’s (JAXA) Akatsuki, which has been orbiting Venus for nearly 10 years now, first spotted what appeared to be an atmospheric...
Mercury swings from the east to the west of the Sun three times a year, and the greatest elongation of the planet takes place 22 days...
When it comes to cosmic survival, it’s not only the survival of the fittest but also the most coordinated. As planets orbit around their common host...