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Ancient Life on Mars The unexpected upsides of feeling frustrated Chasing the northern lights? Here’s what forecasters can—and can’t—tell you This is the oldest blue pigment ever discovered in Europe This fall, every full moon will be a supermoon. Here’s how often it happens—and why. The ghost stories of ancient Rome—from the bone-chilling to the absurd November’s golden supermoon will be the biggest and brightest of the year What if aliens exist—but they’re just hiding from us? The Dark Forest theory, explained The science of why some spaces feel haunted—even when they're not Why hurricanes are getting more powerful—more quickly Are we approaching the scientific limit to a hurricane's power? Were these ancient sites built by aliens? Here’s why some people think so. The most otherworldly, mysterious forms of lightning on Earth What we know from decades of UFO government investigations The legend of Area 51—and why it still fascinates us How fast is the universe really expanding? The mystery deepens. How many alien civilizations are out there? A new galactic survey holds a clue. How will the universe end? The question just got an unexpected twist. What causes flash floods? Here's how they get so destructive so quickly Why the Amazon doesn’t really produce 20% of the world’s oxygen The truth behind the legend of Miyamoto Musashi, Japan’s greatest samurai This ancient diary reveals how Egyptians built the Great Pyramid Haunted Appalachia? These ancient mountains witnessed the birth of man and monster