The idea that Earth may operate as a single, self-regulating, living organism has existed for decades, emerging in the 1970s as the Gaia hypothesis. In this excerpt from "Gaia Wakes: Earth's Emerging ...

For decades, many scientists have relied on the "hard steps" model to suggest that intelligent life is rare — the improbable result of a series of unlikely evolutionary leaps. But new research by ...

In the '80s, the image of the Earth floating in the vacuum of space acted as a collective wake-up call: this is our planet, where we live. But beyond this awareness, true collective consciousness on a ...

Planetary nebulae represent a brief, yet illuminating, phase in the evolution of low- to intermediate-mass stars. These glowing shells of ionised gas are shed in the late stages of stellar development ...

Planetary science is a multifaceted field that investigates the origin, evolution and present‐day state of planets, moons and other bodies within our Solar System and beyond. By integrating ...

What if Earth itself became conscious? Not in some distant future, but soon, with a planetary brain powered by artificial intelligence. This is the provocative idea presented by Topher McDougal in his ...