Stephanie Pappas is a contributing writer for Space.com sister site Live Science, covering topics ranging from geoscience to archaeology to the human brain and behavior. She was previously a senior writer for Live Science but is now a freelancer based in Denver, Colorado, and regularly contributes to Scientific American and The Monitor, the monthly magazine of the American Psychological Association. Stephanie received a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of South Carolina and a graduate certificate in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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Surprise: They don't believe it.

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It's an extreme version of trash into treasure: New research finds that microbes can transform poop into fuel for edible bacteria.

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Scientists are figuring out how to make larger and larger objects float on sound waves.

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The SR-71 Blackbird hypersonic spy plane may be back and faster than ever.

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The mysterious Hypatia stone fits no known profile.

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In a new episode of "Favorite Places," Hawking wonders if humans will understand existence before destroying themselves.

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It was a good year for a very bad conspiracy theory.

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The evidence suggests the discovery of aliens would not cause panic.

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A conference aimed at disputing the idea that the world is round just wrapped up in North Carolina. Here's what they talked about.

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Area 51. The name conjures an aura of secrecy, mystery, and of course, extraterrestrial happenings. Here's a look at some of the strangest facts about the spot.

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Humans are causing the globe to heat up, with dire consequences, according to a climate report from the Trump administration.

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A warm Antarctic stratosphere kept the ozone hole small in 2017.

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But does this empty space mean anything?

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Aliens may have something in common with life on Earth.

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A possible reference to a solar eclipse in the Bible could help pinpoint the reign of Ramesses the Great.

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These upside-down canyons could contribute to the melt and collapse of Antarctica's floating expanses of ice.

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The differentiation of oceanic and continental crust could date back 3.5 billion years.

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Solar storms in 2016 may have scrambled the magnetic field sperm whales use to navigate.

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A solar flare and potential coronal mass ejection could black out some communications.

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Shots of the solar eclipse reveal an active sun.

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A test at a SpaceX facility nets a German team top prize.

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A curling tongue of clouds reaches out to taste the Iberian Peninsula in a new satellite image.
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