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Earth Itself May Be an Intelligent Being, Suggests New Theory

An artist's depiction of a planet progressing through four stages of intelligence. (Image credit: University of Rochester illustration/Michael Osadciw) How about planets? Can they have minds? This idea, that planets are also conscious beings, seems to be at the heart of a new theory put forth by astrobiologists. The premise of this thought experiment is that bacteria and plants working together

It’s Official: Researchers Have Discovered A Second Earth

Researchers have confirmed the existence of a SECOND Earth located in the Proxima Centauri System. The planet is believed to have oceans just like Earth and may hay host alien life. In the past, thousands of exoplanets have been discovered in the universe, but none of them is like Proxima B. Proxima b, as has been baptized, has very ‘promising characteristics’: it is probably rocky, slig

NASA Scientists Present Theory About Why We Haven’t Met Other Intelligent Life. It’s Crushing.

NASA scientists have explained in a new paper why they believe it’s likely we haven’t ever encountered intelligent extraterrestrial life — and it’s heartbreaking. All intelligent life, they argue, has likely destroyed itself before reaching a sophisticated enough point in evolution to support such an encounter. And the same fate likely awaits humans unless we take action, t

The 14,000-year-old ice age village discovered is 10,000 years older than the pyramids

In their oral history, the Heiltsuk people describe how the area around Triquet Island, on the western coast of their territory in British Columbia, remained open land during the ice age. “People flocked there for survival because everywhere else was being covered by ice, and all the ocean was freezing and all of the food resources were dwindling,” says Heiltsuk Nation member William

Unveiling Earth’s Hidden Secrets: Surprising Revelations in Continental Drift

In a recent groundbreaking discovery, geologists have made an astonishing revelation regarding continental drift, shedding light on the geological history of North America. Massive fissures found in the United States provide compelling evidence of continental displacement, a phenomenon that has shaped our planet over millions of years. The discovery of these fissures came about when a team

A ‘Devil Comet’ twice the size of Everest will pass over Earth. Here’s how to see it

A comet known as the "Devil Comet," twice the size of Mount Everest, is currently approaching Earth. This comet, scientifically labeled as 12P/Pons-Brooks, is a periodic comet with an orbital period of approximately 71 years and is one of only about 20 comets known to have an active ice volcano. The comet will reach its peak brightness for skywatchers next year when it will be about 144 mil

Chameleon Discovered in Madagascar May Be World’s Smallest Reptile

The male of the newly described species measured just half an inch long from his nose to the base of his tail Researchers discovered what may be the smallest reptile on the planet in the rainforests of northern Madagascar, reports Jason Bittel for National Geographic. The new miniscule lizard is a species of chameleon named Brookesia nana, and is so small its entire body can fit on a fingerti

How white skin evolved in Europeans: Pale complexions only spread in the region 8,000 years ago, study claims

Humans around the world display myriad skin tones and eye colors that are fascinating and wonderful in their variety. Research continues on to see how people have acquired the features they have now and when to complete our puzzle of ancient human history. New anthropology research now suggests that light-colored skin and the tallness associated with European genetics are relatively recent tr

Earth-Sized Planet Made of Solid Iron Found Orbiting a Nearby Star

We can't understand nature without understanding its range. That's apparent in exoplanet science and in our theories of planetary formation. Nature's outliers and oddballs put pressure on our models and motivate scientists to dig deeper. Gliese 367 b (or Tahay) is certainly an oddball. It's an Ultrashort Period (USP) planet that orbits its star in only 7.7 hours. There are almost 200 o

Scientists have discovered a rare planet that’s around twice the size of Earth and covered by oceans.

Scientists have discovered a rare planet that's around twice the size of Earth and covered by oceans. Featured Image Credit: Flickr / Panther Media GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo Snappily named TOI-733b, it's just one of more than 5,000 exoplanets that we know about after the first was discovered in the 1990s. TOI-733b was found 245 light-years away by NASA's telescope, TESS.