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A new study rewrites the story of human evolution, suggesting that intelligent life is not rare but a natural planetary ...

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In a rare "time-critical" decision, the James Webb Space Telescope will study the true size of the "potentially hazardous" ...

With HiT&MiS deployed in Sweden, physics Ph.D. student Charmi Patel '24 will use it to monitor the northern lights, as seen ...

Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...