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The James Webb Space Telescope may have observed candidate Population III (Pop III) stars in the distant galaxy LAP1-B, seen as it was ~800 million years after the Big Bang. Gravitational lensing by galaxy clus...
University of Michigan researchers have confirmed that the Kondo insulator ytterbium boride (YbB12) exhibits i...
New Mexico astrophotographer Satoru Murata used a 0.2-meter telescope on Nov. 16 to capture a striking image o...
Live Science explains scientific discoveries and research in clear, engaging language so readers can understan...
Researchers report ancient rock samples with unusually low potassium‑40 levels that differ from modern Earth a...
Using the VLT and spectropolarimetry, astronomers captured the earliest detailed view of a supernova shockwave...
Key finding: Fragmentary carbon from the Josefsdal Chert in South Africa (≈3.33 billion years old) yields the ...
Researchers have detected a close stellar companion orbiting the red giant π1 Gruis, about 530 light-years awa...
NASA’s Perseverance rover has cached dozens of Martian samples, including the high-priority Cheyava Falls core that shows organic-rich, iron-speckled material possibly linked to ancient life. The follow-up Mars...
Three astronauts on China’s Tiangong station — Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang — are awaiting a rescue mi...
The Event Horizon Telescope's images of M87* (2019) and Sagittarius A* (2022) enable new tests of gravity at t...
SpaceX plans a Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday, Nov. 19, with a launch window of...
This roundup revisits notable science and technology items reported 50, 100 and 150 years ago: the AMA’s cauti...
The Northern Taurids will be active over Central Texas this week, with the best viewing window Tuesday night i...
In October 2025 , the Chinese National Space Administration unexpectedly contacted NASA to report a close appr...
Astronomers using ALMA have discovered galaxy Y1, a 'star factory' forming roughly 180 stars per year — about ...
Researchers developed a machine-learning method that identifies biological chemical fingerprints in ancient rocks, distinguishing degraded organic fragments from biological and nonbiological sources with >90% a...
NASA is closely monitoring the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA), a growing region of weakened magnetic field betwe...
NASA will unveil new images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS during a live briefing on Nov. 19 at 3 p.m. EST. Th...
HHS leadership changes and a $500M cut to mRNA respiratory-vaccine research have raised alarm among scientists...
Attacks on academic freedom are undermining global research: Funding cuts and political interference — notably...
Oregon State researchers published a PLOS ONE study proposing the first standardized vocabulary for cannabis a...
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Andrew McCarthy planned and timed a photograph showing a skydiver silhouetted against the Sun, calling the res...
Elon Musk says Grokipedia — his encyclopedia launched in October — should be preserved permanently by etching its contents into stone and distributing copies to the Moon, Mars and deep space. He likened the eff...
Utqiagvik, Alaska , has entered Polar Night and will go without direct sunlight for about 64 days. Residents w...
New research suggests ice becomes slippery when contact disturbs the alignment of molecular dipoles in its sur...
Joe Acabá has stepped down as chief of NASA’s Astronaut Office and was succeeded by Scott Tingle. NASA assigned Acabá to a technical advisement role at Johnson Space Center bu...