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Will Humans Ever Live on Another Planet ? If we look at the planets in our Solar System—Mercury to Neptune—none offer the necessary conditions to support human life.

"Even if a planet is in the habitable zone, if it has too small a water inventory, it transitions to an uninhabitable state." ...

In 2040, Americans plan to vote in a U.S. presidential election. Japan promises to stop using nuclear power. Britain’s Prince George will turn the ripe age of 27. And, as the interactive above ...

The conditions in space are hostile to life and travelling in spacecraft is difficult and expensive. So scientists are using different methods to see if there is life on planets other than the Earth.

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But ...

Since Earth is the only planet where life has been confirmed in the universe, efforts to search for life have been focused on finding planets in the habitable zone like Earth, but if life can ...

Has the discovery of ancient fossils in Western Australia provided the vital clues that will allow us to find life on other planets? It’s a long way from Brisbane to Los Angeles, 11,559 ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. A third of planets orbiting close to red dwarf stars could be cool ...

One idea being followed is to look for things that living things introduce into their environments. In the case of our world ...

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