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Mars has long been cast as a frozen desert, a world of dust and stone that lost its water eons ago. Fresh evidence from a cluster of pale, “bleached” rocks now suggests that picture is far too bleak, ...

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Scientists using the James Webb telescope observed a distant exoplanet with an atmosphere of soot and diamonds, challenging all explanations.

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For better or worse, subscription services like PlayStation Plus and Game Pass are here to stay. These platforms have had a complicated impact on the games industry as a whole, but it's hard to deny ...