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New research shows cosmic rays can break water underground, releasing energy that may sustain life deep beneath ice, rock, or alien crusts.

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The Fantastic Four sets up several potential villains for a sequel, including some of the team's most iconic enemies from the ...

A newly published study backs the idea that we're living in a giant void rather than having lots of different galaxies in our ...

The mysterious cosmic explosion has been traced to a massive stellar explosion. A global team of astrophysicists, led by researchers from Northwestern University and the University of Leicester ...

Learn how cosmic rays, normally seen as a threat to humans in space, may be sustaining life beneath the surface of Mars and ...

Astronomers have re-examined the biggest explosion ever seen, possibly the most massive explosion since the Big Bang, to ...

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Decades ago, a renegade physicist suggested that gravity isn't so much a force as just a byproduct of the universe's tendency ...