For decades, many scientists have relied on the "hard steps" model to suggest that intelligent life is rare — the improbable result of a series of unlikely evolutionary leaps. But new research by ...

In the '80s, the image of the Earth floating in the vacuum of space acted as a collective wake-up call: this is our planet, where we live. But beyond this awareness, true collective consciousness on a ...

Planetary nebulae represent a brief, yet illuminating, phase in the evolution of low- to intermediate-mass stars. These glowing shells of ionised gas are shed in the late stages of stellar development ...

White dwarfs, the compact remnants of low- to intermediate-mass stars, offer a unique window into the fate of planetary systems. Recent observational and theoretical work has revealed that many white ...

What if Earth itself became conscious? Not in some distant future, but soon, with a planetary brain powered by artificial intelligence. This is the provocative idea presented by Topher McDougal in his ...

The Met Office and Microsoft are deepening their partnership with the release of two significant Met Office datasets, UK deterministic (2km) and global deterministic (10km), on the Microsoft Planetary ...