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At the start of 2019, fewer than 2,000 active satellites circled Earth. By June 2026 there were 15,711
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The psychology of ambition, isolation, and meaning under extremes — and what frontier life teaches us about being human.
NASA’s Viking 2 lander photographed frost forming on Mars in the 1970s
Spotted hyenas evolved unusually large frontal brain regions and social skills that rival those of monkeys
A rocky planet called TOI-561 b completes an entire year in under 11 hours and orbits so close to its star that its surface is thought to…
Some of the most promising places to search for alien life aren't planets at all, but moons
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NASA’s Viking 2 lander photographed frost forming on Mars in the 1970s
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