As director of the Carl Sagan Center for Research at the SETI Institute, astrobiologist Nathalie A. Cabrol's work is focused on answering the question of whether we're alone in the universe. In “The ...

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This December, the SciFri Book Club will read The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion by Sean M. Carroll. This New York Times bestseller transforms intimidating physics equations ...

The book also delves into weird but wondrous consequences of cosmic inflation — like the idea, in a model of eternal inflation, that our universe is one of a possibly infinite number of universes that ...

Humanity is lucky to reside on a planet circling a star with plentiful radiation, illuminating the world around us in reflected wavelengths of light. These wavelengths—a portion of which we experience ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. The phrase Pillars of Creation became popular in 1995 when it was used to describe a striking deep space photograph taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The ...

Having spent the better part of my working life staring at rocks on the ground, I've gained a certain perspective on life and the universe. My professional aspiration—uncovering clues to the making of ...

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What is Dark Horse’s Masters of the Universe: Revolution prequel comic about? An official synopsis for Dark Horse’s latest Masters of the Universe comic reads as follows: “Journey to the earliest days ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The Ultimate Universe takeover continues into this week! Once again, the top ten see appearances ...

Color is one of the building blocks of art. Imagine all the new art that could be created if artists had a radically expanded palette at their disposal. That’s what crossed my mind when I first saw ...