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"It's amazing that after 35 years, Hubble still holds a unique capability as a top workhorse for science discoveries and ...

The exoplanet K2-18b is generating headlines because researchers announced what could be evidence of life on the planet. The ...

Scientists have found possible signs of life on a distant planet in the form of gases that they say are normally linked to ...

Scientists from Cambridge University have detected potential biosignatures in the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18b using NASA’s ...

Scientists have found new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life. A Cambridge ...

The political news these days is enough to make some Chicagoans wish they were a million miles away. But consider this: Even ...

Hubble celebrates its 35th launch anniversary tomorrow (April 24), but there is a slight, yet tangible, damper in the air.

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