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Discovery of methane suggests Mars is not a dead planet
A team of NASA and university scientists has achieved the first definitive detection of methane in the atmosphere of Mars. This discovery indicates the planet is either biologically or geologically active.
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Alien life on Earth?
Scientists are looking for weird alien life right here on Earth. They are also wondering how organisms from our planet would fare if transferred to other worlds. Read on >>
Facts about Earth
Repeated catastrophes of worldwide scope, from asteroid impacts to submersion of continents, have taken place over geological time. With these events, again and again, mass extinctions have occurred.
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Shiva Impact - The dinosaurs' true demise?
What is being called the Shiva Impact, might have created the Shiva Basin off the west coast of India -- perhaps the largest impact crater on earth. A new study suggests this impact -- and not the better known Yucatan impact, which occurred at about the same time -- was responsible for killing off the dinosaurs.
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