Global temperature increases over the past thirty years, visualized. Credit: NOAA/NCEI Earth's average global temperatures have been steadily increasing since the Industrial Revolution. According to ...

The quest to find extraterrestrial life is an unending pursuit of science, and one aspect of this search revolves around technosignatures. Detectable from as far as 40 light-years away, Earth’s ...

The Fermi Paradox ponders an endlessly fascinating question: If so many worlds exist in the universe, why haven’t we detected any sign of extraterrestrial life? A possible reason, called the ...

The Drake Equation helps scientists estimate the odds of finding intelligent alien civilizations. It’s an age-old question: Do aliens exist? And what are the odds we’ll make contact? A famous ...

Archaeologists have long known that complex societies can rise, flourish and then disappear so completely that only scattered ruins hint at what was lost. Now a new wave of research is sharpening the ...

Whether or not aliens exist, the SETI program has never stopped believing. Yet today, radio telescopes are no longer seen as the best way to ...

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