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After the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986, scientists expected to find a dead zone where almost nothing could survive. Instead, they found life that found ways to adapt and survive. One key example ...

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Assuming intelligent aliens know how to harvest energy from stars, would humanity be able to spot these high-level structures?

DENVER—Last month, President Donald Trump took to social media with an announcement that he would direct the Pentagon and other federal agencies to “begin the process” of disclosing government files ...

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Scientists might have just found Earth's icy, distant cousin a few hundred million light-years away. HD 137010 b is one of ...

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This is the definitive ranking of the best alien invasion movies of all time. In between those bookends, Lifeforce is one of the wildest, most unique, most incredible science fiction movies almost ...

On a hot February morning, Galápagos National Park rangers released 50 giant tortoises back to Floreana Island—marking the ...

Some insects look more like aliens than they do insects. One example is a grasshopper that is able to survive by not looking ...