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January 22, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmScientists just calculated how many microplastics are in our atmosphere. The number is absolutely shockingA new estimate…

]]> A super-hot planet that orbits its star closely has somehow managed to retain a thick atmosphere — even as the star’s radiation blasts it1. Access…

September 23, 20252 min readThis Blazing Exoplanet Breaks All the Rules About Alien Atmospheres, JWST FindsHot, small and old—exoplanet TOI-561 b is just about the worst…

If we’ll ever find life outside our solar system, it will not be an instant discovery. Save for the slim possibility of an intelligent civilization beaming…