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An astrophotographer has captured an extremely rare and "difficult" photo of a solar flare exploding from the sun at the exact moment the In...

You can see the recently identified "interstellar object" 3I/ATLAS shooting towards us through the solar system in a livestream from the Vir...

Experts have confirmed that the mysterious object hurtling towards us, previously dubbed A11pl3Z, is an "interstellar object." The cosmic in...

Are you as assured as Ashurbanipal about your knowledge of Mesopotamia, or as dim as Nimrud?

Workers digging a pipeline in Argentina found the flattened skull of an ancient toddler, raising questions about its asymmetrical shape.

A clinical trial for semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic, found that it improved blood sugar control in people with type 1 diabete...

An analysis of ancient animal bones found in Germany suggests that Neanderthals extracted grease from them to gobble up 125,000 years ago.

A new study compares body mass index (BMI) with body fat percentage and finds the latter is far more reliable in predicting obesity-related...

Eight XXL leather shoes have been recovered from Magna, a Roman-era fort along Hadrian's Wall.

Researchers have documented orcas dropping prey and other marine life in front of humans, as if offering us food. The orcas' motives are unc...

In a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had genetic ties with...

An explosion captured in a new image could help astronomers to better understand the "standard candles" at the center of a major cosmologica...

A man suffered a rare complication of shingles and ended up with a ruptured bladder.

Researchers have identified ways in which chemotherapy can damage healthy cells and found that some drugs can add decades of "age" to otherw...

A study suggests that carefully controlled electrical stimulation of the brain may improve math skills, most significantly in people with we...

Astronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that simultaneous stell...

The summer blockbuster Jurassic World Rebirth is hitting theaters, so Live Science asked paleontologist Steve Brusatte what it's like being...

The ALMA radio telescope array in the Atacama Desert temporarily halted operations after a rare snowfall blanketed the base camp last week.

Astronomers have discovered the strange dance that leads to the creation of rare "double hot Jupiters" in binary star systems that are "just...

Lake Superior Zoo in Minnesota announced it has given a brown bear the world's largest dental crown, with the bear now sporting a silver tit...

In a recent contest, teams of researchers competed to see who could train an AI model to best pilot a spaceship. The results suggest that an...

The Rubin Observatory released its first magnificent images of the cosmos on Monday, June 23 — and included a special asteroid bonus.

During the Industrial Revolution, craftsmanship retreated to the margins. As AI becomes widely adopted, will the same happen to original thi...

A 2015 satellite photo captured a series of stunning "von Kármán vortices" swirling off Madeira and the Canary Islands. The giant swirls are...

Scientists say they captured 3D images of a new organelle they're calling a "hemifusome," which may be a recycling center in human cells.