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If Venus had Earth-like plate tectonics in its distant past, did it have life too?

With temperatures reaching levels high enough to melt lead, the hottest planet in our solar system seems an unlikely host for life as we know it — even the simplest kind. But, according to this new research, Venus was very different in its deep past.

Earth's nearest supermassive black hole pair lies in the wreckage of a galactic collision

A wispy white structure is seen against the backdrop of space. The aftermath of a smash-up between two spiral galaxies that happened a billion years ago (Image credit ...

UK Space Agency signs deal with Axiom Space for human spaceflight mission

British astronauts may soon fly to the International Space Station on a private mission. The U.K. Space Agency and Houston company Axiom Space have inked a deal to pursue a commercially sponsored mission that could send four U.K. astronauts to orbit.

The moon will match up with Jupiter on Oct. 28

The full moon of October will occur at 4:24 p.m. EDT, 1: (Image credit: Chris Vaughan/Starry Night). The ...

Supermassive black hole seen spinning ropes of plasma like a cosmic spider

A 570-light-year-long twisted jet of plasma is getting blasted from a distant blazar at near the speed of light. Comments (0). The illustration of a black hole blasting out a jet, depicting what the twisted areas. An illustration shows a supermassive ...

Earth's core is leaking, scientists say

Scientists have discovered ancient helium in volcanic rocks, indicating the element may be leaking from Earth's core. fpm/E+/Getty Images. Sign up for ...

Infrared aurora on Uranus confirmed for the 1st time

The Keck II telescope in Hawaii is the first to see the infrared glow on Uranus, caused by hydrogen molecules in the atmosphere becoming excited. Comments (0). photo of the blue planet uranus, with the red-tinged glow of auroras near.

People on 4 continents could see the moon pass through Earth's shadow this weekend

The full beaver moon begins to pass through the Earth's shadow during a total lunar eclipse in November in New York. On Saturday, a partial lunar eclipse will occur for those on the night side of Earth from 3:34 p.m. to 4:52 p.m. ET.

Antarctica is melting and we all need to adapt, a trio of climate analyses show

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A trio of new scientific analyses about the loss of ice in Antarctica paint a picture of a continent in trouble. Sea ice is disappearing, gigantic portions of the West Antarctic ice sheet are crumbling and even relatively stable East Antarctica is ...

A hidden feedback loop under Antarctica's glaciers could accelerate sea level rise, scientists find

Glaciers in East Antarctica could lose ice faster in the future than previously thought, scientists reported Friday, in an alarming feedback loop where glacier meltwater is triggering even more ice loss and sea level rise as the planet warms.