NASA grants Voyager 2 probe another year of power with risky 'Big Bang' maneuver. Now, will it work for Voyager 1?
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Voyager 1 is running low on power for science, but a successful energy-saving maneuver on Voyager 2 raises hope that the 50-year-old spacecraft can keep going.
Where to buy last-minute solar eclipse glasses and viewing gear before August 12
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A partial eclipse is still worth seeing, but only with the right protection. Here's where you can still find eclipse glasses, solar binoculars and filters before eclipse day.
Bacterial 'postbiotic' may help preserve fertility in the aging uterus, preliminary research suggests
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A bacteria-derived «postbiotic» may help restore the aging uterus, but experts say it is too early to know whether it could improve fertility as a treatment.
The Food and Drug Administration's approval of an mRNA vaccine for flu comes after the agency initially refused to review the approval request for the shot.
'It would be a disaster': Ammunition for war and surging water withdrawals are putting the Caspian Sea on the brink of collapse
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Live Science spoke with professor of civil and environmental engineering Amir AghaKouchak about the reasons behind the Caspian Sea's stark decline over the past three decades.
Most-detailed-ever view of the sun's surface revealed in new images from the world's largest solar telescope
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For the first time, scientists have directly observed a 150-year-old predicted phenomenon on the sun's surface that could explain why the sun's atmosphere is far hotter than its surface.
Engineers build world's first portable diamond-powered quantum computer — it works at room temperature and can be plugged into an outlet
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The world's first portable, room-temperature quantum computer with more than 10 qubits utilizes flawed lab-made diamonds. The quantum system fits into a standard server rack and connects to a typical power grid.
Why the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse appears to move backward on maps
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While eclipse paths always move from west to east, this one seems to reverse direction on maps as it crosses the Arctic. Here's the geometry behind the illusion.
A star 20 times the size of the sun died in a supernova — and telescopes around the world joined forces to watch it
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A team of telescopes around the world, including the newly activated Vera C. Rubin Observatory, joined forces to observe the first shocking moments of a supernova explosion in unprecedented detail.
Half of the world's dams could be 'functionally inoperable' by 2060 from being flooded with sediment — and the American West is a major hotspot
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Research shows a fifth of the world's reservoirs are currently at high risk of filling with sediment, creating a «ticking time bomb» that threatens lives and livelihoods.
A SpaceX rocket will hit the moon at 5,000 mph tonight. Experts explain what you could see, and when.
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An upcoming collision of a Falcon 9 rocket part with the moon may be visible from Earth with telescopes, new research suggests. Here's what scientists and skywatchers are hoping to see.
Brains don't always rot: Scientists may finally know how human brains have evaded decay for thousands of years
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Thousands of skeletal human remains have been discovered with their brain tissue unexpectedly intact. Now, a team of scientists may have finally figured out why.
Physicists find a way to control heat in a way once thought impossible
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Researchers designed a material that can independently control how it absorbs and emits heat, and it even retains those settings once the power is turned off.
Did fungi give mammals an evolutionary edge after the dinosaur-killing asteroid hit? New evidence revives a provocative hypothesis
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A revived hypothesis argues that a fungus-filled world after the Chicxulub asteroid impact may have given mammals an evolutionary edge. The idea could reshape how scientists think about mass extinctions, but it is still controversial.
Scientists uncover big clue as to how Antarctica's mysterious Blood Falls came to be
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Brine that feeds the gruesome-looking Blood Falls in East Antarctica may have been emplaced when sea levels were higher than they are now, a new study says.
'We were genuinely surprised': 'Superworms' can clean extremely delicate skeletons lickety-split, and that's a game changer for museums
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Biologists Niloofar Alaei Kakhki and Morteza Monfared tell Live Science how beetle larvae could be repurposed from pet food to a cleaner for museums and laboratories.
British vial of smallpox scabs triggered the devastating 1789 outbreak among Indigenous Australians, study finds
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It's long been debated what started the devastating 1789 smallpox outbreak among Indigenous Australians. Now, a new modeling study has the likely answer.
Mysterious 'little red dots' at the beginning time may finally have an explanation, thanks to newfound 'little blue companions'
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Astronomers may have found an unexpected origin for the mysterious «little red dots» that appear to be so common in James Webb Space Telescope surveys of the early universe.
