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An artist's impression of a hot Jupiter's magnetic field. (International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Garlick) The ...

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Astrobiologists warn that NASA's current instruments may miss subtle signs of alien life, risking 'false negatives' in the ...

For decades, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence has been guided by one hopeful assumption: somewhere in the galaxy, ...

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When President Joe Biden decided to wipe out broad swathes of student loan debt, the DOJ argued that he could do so without ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for ...

Astrobiologists are raising concerns that humanity’s search for alien life may be limited by the very tools designed to find it.

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California's flawed election system highlights the urgent need for the SAVE America Act to ensure safe and secure voting to ...

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