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In the 30 years since the discovery of 51 Pegasi b, more than 6,000 planets outside our Solar System have been catalogued. Two modern-day explorers explain how.

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Exoplanet hunters Christopher Watson and Annelies Mortier explain the long search for a 'twin Earth' capable of sustaining ...

EU researchers are developing powerful new telescopes to help uncover Earth-like planets around distant stars and advance the search for extraterrestrial life.

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The musician and record producer Brian Eno delves into his experiments with ambient music, his thoughts on generative A.I.

On a narrow street with no sidewalks just off Weedpatch Highway near Lamont, what used to be an empty lot filled with dumped vehicles is now a new park with shade, equipment and water fountains.

Every year in October, domestic violence receives the star treatment: its own month of observance, special merchandise and ...

A colossal wave is rolling through the Milky Way’s stars, mapped by ESA’s Gaia telescope and reshaping our understanding of ...

All the fuss about AI and the em dash offers an opportunity to rethink the overuse of this most beloved but mostly ...