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In a moment that sparked global curiosity and a touch of rivalry, China has revealed the first images of the mysterious interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS near Mars, while NASA’s remain unseen. With ...

More than two decades ago, scientists digging in Central Africa unearthed the 7-million-year-old remains of what may be one of the earliest known human ancestors. Only a few fossils were recovered ...