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Two archaeologists explore the enduring myth that extraterrestrials contributed to the various ancient cultures around the ...

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A small group of distant worlds may hold the clues to life beyond Earth. Astronomers searching for life beyond Earth have ...

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The fictional biologist in ‘Project Hail Mary’ claims that potential alien organisms might not be made of carbon or require water, unlike life on Earth.

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When we imagine alien life, we picture monsters, insects, or tentacles—but what if the most realistic aliens are human-like? Evolution tends to solve the same problems with similar designs, and ...

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The best reason to send humans to Mars isn’t for guts or glory—or the construction of colonies to safeguard against existential Earth-bound risks. Instead it’s to answer a single, simple question: Is ...