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New dinosaur discovery: T. mcraeensis, a relative of the famous T-Rex

In the world of dinosaurs, there's exciting news! Scientists have found a new species that might have been the closest relative to the famous Tyrannosaurus...

Hot springs mystery: how life on earth may have begun

Long ago, more than 3.5 billion years in the past, Earth was a very different place. Scientists have been trying to solve a big mystery:...

The meteorites that made earth were filled with water

According to the most widely accepted scientific theory, our Solar System formed from a nebula of dust and gas roughly 4.56 billion years ago...

After all of this time searching for aliens, is it the zoo hypothesis or...

In 1950, during a lunchtime conversation with colleagues at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, famed physicist Enrico Fermi asked the question that launched a...

Saturn’s moon Enceladus: A promising spot for alien life

Have you ever wondered if we're alone in the universe? Well, scientists are getting closer to answering that big question, thanks to a tiny moon...

A carbon-lite atmosphere could be a sign of water and life on other terrestrial...

Scientists at MIT, the University of Birmingham, and elsewhere say that astronomers’ best chance of finding liquid water, and even life on other planets,...

Organic molecules come from the universe’s cold places, shows study

Life, as we all know, is based on chemistry. Prebiotic chemical building blocks existed on our planet for a long time before life arose. Astrobiology and...

We owe our lives to the Moon

Life appeared on Earth through a series of lucky coincidences, and that luck started with our Moon. None of the other planets of the inner...

Fireworks frighten millions of birds, shows study

Imagine the excitement of New Year's Eve, the sky bursting with fireworks, but have you ever thought about how it affects our feathered friends? A...

Why some of us are early birds? Neanderthal genes may be the reason

Have you ever wondered why some people are early risers, feeling most energetic in the morning, while others are night owls? A new study suggests...