How to see Comet PanSTARRS as it brightens in the night sky this week
Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) could be visible to the naked eye in the predawn sky after April 13 as it makes a close approach to
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Diagnostic dilemma: Woman’s ‘biologically implausible’ infection led her to sneeze ‘worms’ out of her nose
Doctors reported a highly unusual case of parasitic fly infection in a woman in Greece.
‘In every continent where humans are present, water bankruptcy is manifesting itself’: Exiled Iranian scientist Kaveh Madani on our desperate need to preserve our most precious resource
Live Science spoke with Kaveh Madani, director of the UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health and recipient of the 2026 Stockholm Water Prize
The Artemis II crew saw parts of the moon never seen before. Here’s what they said
The astronauts on Artemis II observed parts of the moon humans had never seen before. Their findings provide a scientific baseline — and sense of
What the Artemis II mission might mean for the future of lunar research
NASA’s Artemis II crew is on their way home. What will the mission mean for the future of lunar research? Astronomer and professor Jack Burns
A 500 million year old fossil could change what we understand about spiders
Pincers found on a tiny fossil that lived 500 million years ago could change how scientists understand the origin of spiders.
‘They are literally everywhere’: The shocking story of how forever chemicals polluted the world
Live Science spoke with Mariah Blake, an investigative journalist and author of the book “They Poisoned The World,” about one of the greatest corporate scandals
World’s fattest parrot — on the verge of extinction 30 years ago — has record-breaking breeding season
Conservationists are celebrating the 105th kākāpō chick to hatch during the 2026 breeding season — the highest number reported since such records began 30 years
Deadly, vivid-green mass sprawls across South African reservoir — Earth from space
A 2022 satellite photo shows a thick mat of blooming algae and invasive aquatic plants spreading across the surface of the reservoir at South Africa’s
The ‘oldest fossil octopus’ is probably another animal
In 2000, researchers thought they found the oldest fossil octopus, which lived over 300 million years ago. But it may just be a half-rotten nautilus.
DNA reveals ancestry of man buried in Stone Age monument in Spain, but his religion remains a mystery
In the Middle Ages, a man was buried in a Stone Age monument in what is now Spain. Now, we finally know his genetic roots
‘So much magic’: Artemis II shares first images from the far side of the moon, including new ‘Earthset’ and total eclipse in space
NASA’s first set of images captured by the Artemis II crew during their lunar flyby are here, and they’re stunnin
AI ‘mirages’ mean tools used to analyze medical scans could fabricate their findings
Modern AI models can create convincing descriptions of images that were never given to them — a phenomenon researchers call a “mirage.”