Alien life on a new planet “may not have DNA like humans but might walk on two legs”, experts have revealed. It follows the discovery of an extraterrestrial world around 120 light years away from ...

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For now, life thrives on our oxygen-rich planet. But Earth's atmosphere won't always be so welcoming. In fact, scientists predict that Earth will eventually undergo a drastic atmospheric shift—one ...

New research reveals Earth is a cosmic lottery winner, forming at the perfect time with heavy elements from dead stars while ...

It may not be the robots that will rule Earth when humanity goes extinct. Experts say that octopuses are the most likely creatures to take over the world should humanity end — and it’s due to the ...

You’ve heard it before: we’re well into the sixth mass extinction of life on earth. Only this time, unlike the other five big ones, humans are overwhelmingly the killers responsible. As we continue to ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to dominate the planet. All this happened about 4.5 ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Earth's atmosphere, which is currently rich in oxygen, is predicted to undergo a drastic shift that could lead to the extinction of most life forms, including humans, scientists ...

TL;DR: Researchers from the University of Tokyo and NASA used supercomputers to predict Earth's habitability will end around 1 billion years from now due to increasing solar heat. The Sun's expansion ...

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