A veteran space reporter describes the full-body experience of watching NASA's historic Artemis II lift off | Continue reading
April 4, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. | Continue reading
Although babies born from parents with allergies are also more likely to have them, there are a number of outside factors that affect whether and how someone develops allergies. | Continue reading
As Artemis II begins humanity's first return to the moon in over 50 years, the four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft shared their first message from deep space. | Continue reading
Between 2 million and 3 million years ago, humans appeared in Africa — but identifying them in the fossil record is turning out to be surprisingly difficult. | Continue reading
High-resolution X-ray offers a new look at an understudied organ: the clitoris. | Continue reading
Save big on a wide variety of great running shoes, from New Balance to Columbia and Saucony | Continue reading
Scientists have developed a novel approach to error correction that resulted in the highest-ever fidelity of entangled, logical qubits on a superconducting quantum processor. | Continue reading
Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) could shine brightly in the evenings after April 4, but only if it survives a very close encounter with the sun. | Continue reading
A new physics paper proposes modifications to Einstein’s theory of relativity that could solve one of the biggest issues about our understanding of the Big Bang. | Continue reading
With a successful translunar injection burn, NASA's Artemis II mission stopped circling Earth and began the first crewed journey toward the moon since the Apollo era. | Continue reading
Millions watched on April 1 as the Artemis II mission sent humans back to the moon for the first time since 1972. Here's the day in pictures. | Continue reading
Remains from three Stone Age children in Vietnam may challenge long-standing ideas about the origin of syphilis, scientists say. | Continue reading
Chemists say they’ve found a way to turn breadcrumbs into hydrogen, potentially offering a sustainable alternative to one of the most common chemical manufacturing processes. | Continue reading
For reasons that are still unclear, climate models underestimate the growing gap between the amount of energy Earth receives from the sun and the amount the planet radiates into space. | Continue reading
The experimental Hukeda-2 satellite and its highly flexible robotic arm have passed a major refuelling test in low Earth orbit. The demonstration is the latest step toward China significantly expanding the longevity of its spacecraft. | Continue reading
Existing LLM architecture may not support the problem-solving capabilities needed to underpin human-level AI, the authors of a new study argue. | Continue reading
By creating a hybrid immune system between the recipient and the donor, researchers were able to transplant insulin-producing cells that were not rejected. | Continue reading
A new study shows that dice and games of chance date back thousands of years earlier than experts previously thought. | Continue reading
NASA's Artemis II rocket has taken off in a historic launch on Florida's Space Coast, sending humans back to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. | Continue reading
NASA's Artemis II flight around the moon will expose astronauts to space weather. Space scientist Patricia Reiff tells Live Science how solar flares and radiation will impact the lunar mission. | Continue reading
A new analysis of archival Hubble Space Telescope photos reveals that a peculiar comet slowed its spin before fully reversing its rotational direction via "outgassing" during a flyby of Earth in 2017. | Continue reading
New research suggests devastating climate outcomes that are typically associated with extreme global warming could hit even we limit heating to 3.6 F above preindustrial levels. | Continue reading
In a rare medical case, a teenage girl suddenly began breaking out in hives whenever she was exposed to water. | Continue reading
NASA's Artemis II mission is set to take four astronauts on a record-breaking spaceflight around the moon, bringing humans farther into space than ever before. Here's how to watch it. | Continue reading
NASA said an X-class solar flare is not currently expected to affect the Artemis II mission, while weather on Earth looks favorable for a smooth launch. | Continue reading
Two researchers snorkeling in a subterranean stream in Texas discovered fossils from the Late Pleistocene epoch, revealing new details about what lived in this ancient ecosystem. | Continue reading
China's cuts to aerosol emissions reduced sea ice loss, but it may have revealed a bigger story about climate change. | Continue reading
In a mouse study, scientists found that a bacterial sugar can be exploited to disable dangerous antibiotic-resistant pathogens. | Continue reading
From all the way up here, we've spotted an amazing 79% off Paramount+ for two months. | Continue reading
Future quantum computers will need to be far less powerful than we thought to threaten the security of encrypted messages, banking information and other sensitive data. | Continue reading
NASA is gearing up to send astronauts back to the lunar environment for the first time in nearly 55 years. We've broken the 10-day mission into 12 key steps, from the historic liftoff to a record-breaking splashdown. | Continue reading
Tuesday, March 31, 2026: Get the latest news and updates on the Artemis II mission as the countdown begins for NASA's return to the moon. | Continue reading
Wednesday, April 1, 2026: Get the latest news and updates on the Artemis II mission as NASA makes final preparations to return humanity to the moon. | Continue reading
Researchers have found a layer of fresh water beneath Utah's Great Salt Lake that reaches up to 2.5 miles deep and could turn out to be as big, or bigger, than the lake. | Continue reading
A 2025 astronaut photo shows a massif made of concentric mountain ridges in the Libyan desert. The rocky walls contain ancient artworks and are occasionally used to contain herds of grazing cattle. | Continue reading
Around 14 new rock-art depictions of thylacines, also known as Tasmanian tigers, have been found in northern Australia. | Continue reading
NASA has given the 10-day Artemis II mission the green light after its flight readiness review, and the weather outlook remains favorable. | Continue reading
Researchers showed that "exosomes" from pig semen may be used in a potential new treatment for retinoblastoma. | Continue reading
NASA's Artemis II crew is ready to fly around the moon, with promising weather forecasts for a Wednesday launch. | Continue reading
The Artemis II astronauts will soon launch on the first crewed mission to the moon in more than 50 years. During this trip, they will travel farther and faster than any humans in history — and will each claim a different individual record. | Continue reading
A chance discovery of a 16th-century necklace reveals new information about Tudor-era jewelry styles. | Continue reading
Viewing Saturn in complementary wavelengths, the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes reveal more about what makes up the layers of ringed planet's atmosphere. | Continue reading
A technology policy researcher explores the ethics of implementing AI in current camera surveillance systems. | Continue reading
Two researchers explain how endometriosis drives a whole body immune response due to inflammation, urging the medical community to see it as a whole-body issue. | Continue reading
Astronomers reveal new insight into an iconic supernova remnant's evolution, structure and pulsar-driven growth over 25 years. | Continue reading
Earth is habitable due to warmth from the sun. So what would happen if the sun disappeared? | Continue reading
Researchers are exploring the prospect of using gut bacteria to boost muscle strength, after zeroing in on a microbe that does this in mice | Continue reading