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The Most Exciting Alien Planets of 2012
From massive bodies that fell just short of becoming stars to the tiniest solar systems known, 2012 has brought...
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Extraterrestrial Oceans Could Host Life
NASA’s battle cry behind the small armada of orbiters, landers and rovers dispatched to Mars is “follow the water!”...
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The Next Steps in Space Exploration
Advocates of manned space flight have long argued that propelling people into orbits has a public appeal unmatched by...
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British Team Abandons Drilling in Antarctic Lake
An ambitious British plan to search for minute forms of life in an ancient lake beneath Antarctica’s ice has...
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Will the First True ‘Alien Earth’ Be Found in 2013?
The first truly Earth-like alien planet is likely to be spotted next year, an epic discovery that would cause...
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How Life Emerged From Deep-Sea Rocks
Rocks, water and hot alkaline fluid rich in hydrogen gas spewing out of deep-sea vents: this recipe for life...
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New Map Updates Our Fundamental Understanding of Life on Earth
A new map that divides the world’s vertebrates into 11 biogeographic realms is the biggest update to a 19th century version, and...
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Forget Extinct: The Brontosaurus Never Even Existed
It may have something to do with all those Brontosaurus burgers everyone’s favorite modern stone-age family ate, but when...
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‘Marine’ Fossils May Instead Represent Early Land Dwellers
The fossils of various frondlike and sacklike organisms that supposedly lived at the bottom of ancient oceans may actually...
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DNA From Prehistoric Yeast Cells Reconstructed
How does evolution innovate? We exist because our ancestors have had the ability to adapt successfully to changes in...