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Avi Loeb connects archaeological history, planetary limits and interstellar research to examine how scientific exploration could shape humanity’s long-term transition beyond Earth.
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It is with a heavy heart that I announce that NASA Earth Science Communications has directed The Earth Observer to conduct an ...
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The US and China both want to be the first to launch a powerful AI data center beyond Earth, but the latter has seemingly ...