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A planetary dispute turns cosmic. When Uranus ventures too close to Earth, tensions rise and the solar system watches.
If you're headed to the beach this fall, be on the lookout for Neptune balls, which capture and remove plastic from the ...
Considering that Saturn is already 4.5 billion years old, if the rings are as old as Saturn, after all this time, those ...
What can sub-Neptunes, exoplanets whose sizes are between Earth and Neptune, and which are between the known for their water-rich compositions, teach astronomers about both where and how to find life ...
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Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for Alien: Earth Episode 3. Three episodes in, Alien: Earth already feels unlike anything else in the franchise, where it's breaking new ground as the first ...
Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for Alien: Earth Episode 4. When Alien: Earth was first announced as a TV series for FX and Hulu, it'd be understandable if you had your doubts. The Alien ...
Material deep inside Earth — thousands of kilometres down, near the planet’s core — has undergone a mysterious shift. Is ...
A recently observed object called 2025 PN7 was found orbiting near the Earth. The quasi-moon is expected to accompany our planet in a similar orbit for 60 years.
An asteroid the size of a skyscraper is approaching Earth at a sprightly 24,136 miles per hour—and will be at its closest to us in two days' time. The space rock—dubbed "2025 FA22"—is a sizeable 520 ...
Prodigy founder Boy Kavalier beholds an alien egg... on Earth. Image: FX At their core, most of the Alien movies are about corporate greed. The lengths a company, mainly Weyland-Yutani, will go to ...