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Is Earth really exceptional?  A new book seems to reaffirm that notion.  But given the right conditions, primitive life may be a mere byproduct of biophysics.

The four-planet lineup that began in January concludes by mid- to late February, as Saturn sinks increasingly lower in the sky each night after sunset, according to NASA. While Mercury will briefly ...

The eight major planets of our Solar System orbit the Sun in the same flat ... enable all four to be visited within a span of just 12 years, compared to 30 years if they were not aligned.

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and the planets will slowly make their exit through the spring. "It gives us a little bit better sense of our place in the solar system and the universe," Williams said. The Associated Press ...

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