He warns that as long as humans remain confined to Earth, the species will always remain vulnerable to extinction from global catastrophe. Scientists estimate that at least five mass extinctions have ...

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Deep in the Nevada desert sits Area 51, a military facility so secret the U.S. government refused to even acknowledge it for decades. Hidden within restricted airspace and guarded by heavy security, ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

Scientists demonstrated that an Earthly extremophile might withstand being ejected from the Red Planet on debris spewed into ...

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Two lunar landers manufactured by Firefly Aerospace and Intuitive Machines, both based in Texas, were on the moon in March ...

Two US lunar landers launched from the Kennedy Space Center touched down on the moon in March 2025, marking a milestone for ...

Hardy bacteria in a lab survived pressures comparable to an asteroid strike on the red planet, suggesting a hypothetical scenario in which our planet was seeded with life.

Two landers manufactured by Firefly Aerospace and Intuitive Machines were briefly on the moon at the same time in March 2025.

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