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From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

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As the year draws to a close, we take a look at some of the biggest science stories of the year, and why they matter.

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Data from the James Webb Space Telescope on exoplanet K2-18b has revealed the "strongest hints yet of biological activity ...

From major MCU projects to a new addition to the DCU to the return of Gore Verbinski and adaptations of beloved novels, the ...

In the many decades of NASA exploration, there has only been one detection that got on that scale. It was collected by the ...

Polling shows that nearly half of Americans now believe aliens have visited this planet—and that the number who aren't sure ...