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Reining in the sun: Venus, Earth and Jupiter may work together to reduce the risk of extreme solar storms

Tidal forces from Earth, Venus and Jupiter may help keep the sun calm, reducing the risk of powerful solar storms that ...

This Pivotal Scene in the Alien Movies Makes Alien: Earth’s Story So Much Better

Alien: Earth has been expanding the franchise lore about mechanical beings, but Alien: Covenant reveals some key history.
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Test your true terrestrial trivia with our Earth quiz!

This quiz will explore the science behind the scenery, the facts behind the familiar, and the wonders that make Earth a ...
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NASA and IBM built an AI to predict solar flares before they hit Earth

An AI model trained on years of data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory can predict the sun’s future appearance and ...

Why USA Rare Earth Stock Stock Crashed This Week

Giving back all of its 5.7% gain from last week, shares of USA Rare Earth (NASDAQ: USAR) have been in free fall this week.
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Russia launches mice, microbes and more on monthlong mission to Earth orbit (video)

Russia launched its Bion-M No. 2 biosatellite today (Aug. 20), sending 75 mice, 1,000 fruit flies and other organisms to ...

What's the Deal With Ice Age and Peter Pan in Alien: Earth?

Earth were probably expecting to see gnarly chest-bursting aliens and creepy robots. They were not expecting to see Sid, a ...

'Alien: Earth' presents a continuity conundrum for the franchise

Aside from continuity complications, the fact that the original Yutani was chasing — or stumbled upon — alien creatures ...