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The Odds That Aliens Exist Just Got Worse

How geology resolves the Fermi paradox.
- By Marcia Bjornerud
- July 17, 2024
Astronomy

The Stars Foretell Our Doom

Post-apocalyptic star systems could reveal the fate of our own.
- By Sean Raymond
- June 28, 2024
Astronomy

Life Lessons from Hell-House Venus

How our inhospitable neighbor can help us find life elsewhere.
- By Elizabeth Fernandez
- June 26, 2024

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- Astronomy
Discovering the First Other Earths
- By Lisa Kaltenegger
- May 8, 2024
- Cosmos
Inside the hunt for habitable planets.
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- Physics
The End of the Dark Universe?
- By Sabine Hossenfelder
- March 13, 2024
- Cosmos
A new “post-quantum” theory of gravity says we can wave dark matter and dark energy goodbye.
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- Astronomy
Here to Save the Day!
- By Tom Vanderbilt
- February 28, 2024
- Cosmos
Asteroid defense gets serious.
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- Math
What Are the Chances?
- By Chris French
- February 19, 2024
- Cosmos
There are no such things as coincidences.
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- Physics
What Physicists Have Been Missing
- By Sabine Hossenfelder
- February 2, 2024
- Cosmos
An exciting new theory reconciles gravity and quantum physics. I think it’s wrong. But I may be too.