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This article predates the current owners of Science Blog. It has not been reviewed under the current editorial process and is kept as part of the archive. Four hundred light years away, a planet ...

For example, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and other religions that originate in the Global East "have always conceived of the universe as vast, as going through many cycles of existence," says Jeffery ...

Avatar: Seven Havens draws on Moebius, classic anime, and Japanese art to reshape a world in ruins.