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No one knows exactly what to expect if we encountered other forms of alien life. Would they talk like us? Look like us? Or ...

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The ...

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If nonliving materials can produce rich, organized mixtures of organic molecules, then the traditional signs we use to ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

During its original network run in the 1960s, Star Trek was famously saved from cancellation twice by fan letter-writing ...

Something appeared on the horizon: a feeling of dread, a lightness of breath, a rebounding ember from Phaethon’s chariot. The ...

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Nestled in downtown Kokomo stands a lime-green guardian that’s become the unofficial mascot of this central Indiana city – a 17-foot praying mantis that stops traffic and starts conversations. You ...

"We're not saying, and we can't say, that there's no life in Europa. What we're saying is that it's a harder proposition, ...