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Scientists discover first direct evidence that slivers of 'proto-Earth' may survive today

In a first, researchers have discovered fragments of Earth's precursor that contain distinctive chemical fingerprints in ...

Is Colonizing Space the Next Stage of Human Evolution?

Human evolution is a story writ slow. It’s been about 3.8 billion years since life on Earth emerged and steadily began to ...

Is the world going to end? NASA supercomputer warns Earth could become lifeless soon

New NASA research using supercomputers shows Earth's habitability is threatened sooner than thought. Rising solar radiation ...
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White dwarf star is still feasting on dead Earth-like planet 3 billion years later

Astronomers recently peered deep into space and found that an old, faint white dwarf named LSPM J0207+3331, located about 145 ...

Geochemical research could help identify microbial activity in Earth's rock record and perhaps in Martian sediments

Because oxygen-bearing sulfate minerals trap and preserve signals from Earth's atmosphere, scientists closely study how they ...
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Earth’s oceans used to be green, and they could turn purple next

For ages, Earth has been known as a blue planet, a vision largely shaped by the vast oceans that cover three-quarters of its surface. But what if this wasn't always the case, and our oceans used to ...