Explore the evolving rare earth hypothesis, highlighting new findings on habitability and the conditions for complex life on exoplanets.

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A 1,300-year-old Mayan altar at Copan reveals new interpretations suggesting that its carved hands conceal four dates from the calendar.

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Nasa has released new images of 3I/ATLAS, a stray comet from another world that people either think is an alien spacecraft or ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS challenges physics with a missing dust tail, a forward anti-tail, and strange composition.

The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), in collaboration with The Pokémon Company, has launched the "Pokémon ...

The planetarium turns 100 this year. What came before the giant domes, with imagery of galaxies, asteroids and meteors ...