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"Alien: Earth" is bringing the xenomorphs somewhere they've never been before: Television. The FX TV series developed by Noah Hawley, who created fan-favorite shows including "Legion" and "Fargo ...

Scientists have discovered massive structures deep inside Earth, beneath Africa and the Pacific Ocean. These structures are continent-sized regions with temperatures much higher than their ...

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A "super-Earth" planet found outside of our solar system could have conditions suitable for life, according to experts at the University of Oxford. Researchers said the planet has a mass six times ...