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Astronomers have revised the mass of nearby exoplanet GJ 3378 b, recasting it as a rocky super‑Earth in the habitable zone ...

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Scientists may have found a powerful new way to hunt for alien life — not by searching for specific molecules, but by looking for hidden patterns in how those molecules are organized. Researchers ...

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Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life. Tardigrades—a type of invertebrate ...

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