From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

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ICN international climate policy reporter Bob Berwyn reviews the past decade of the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

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Thirty years ago, astronomers weren’t sure planets beyond our solar system even existed. This year, NASA has confirmed its ...

Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of “The Serviceberry,” offers ideas rooted in nature for creating sharing economies as a way to ...

Xi Zhang, a professor of Earth and planetary science at UC Santa Cruz, has discovered that an exoplanet classed as a ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday, seeking to block ...

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Scientists using the James Webb telescope observed a distant exoplanet with an atmosphere of soot and diamonds, challenging all explanations.