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The wave of so-called AI neolabs seeking breakthroughs they think incumbents like OpenAI will miss continues to rise. Core ...

An international team including Cornell researcher Jake Turner has developed a novel analysis method capable of uncovering ...

Astronomers have detected an exoplanet candidate around a Sun-like star just 146 light-years away from us.

Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Jupiter will appear together shortly after sunset on Feb. 28 — but is this the "planet parade" we've been waiting for?

A newly identified Earth-sized exoplanet with a year-long orbit may lie near its star’s habitable zone, but extreme cold could limit its chances of hosting liquid water.

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A review of Studies in Honour of Paolo Brenni, exploring how astronomy and chronometry shaped observatories, timekeeping, and ...