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The Earth formed 4.6 billion years ago and has been continuously changing ever since. For instance, the Himalayas continue to ...

This quiz invites you to chase comets through time and space, from ancient omens to modern scientific marvels.

While Mars today only has a wispy remnant of an atmosphere, it may once have had one hundreds of times thicker with a ...

Dinosaurs had such an immense impact on Earth that their sudden extinction led to wide-scale changes in landscapes—including ...

New research from NASA has found that the dwarf planet Ceres may be another place to look for evidence of primitive life in our solar system.

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Microbes include bacteria, viruses, fungi, algae and archaea (single-celled microorganisms with a bacteria-like structure).