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The sun rises during a solar eclipse as seen from The Edge observatory deck at The Hudson Yards on June 10, 2021 in New York City.

A 'crescent sunrise' eclipse is coming next week

Jamie Carter last updated 16 September 25

This Sunday, a partial solar eclipse is taking place just hours before the September equinox flips Earth's seasons. Here's where a few lucky humans will be able to see it.

An artist's illustration of an asteroid passing Earth at a large distance

Skyscraper-size asteroid previously predicted to hit us in 60 years will zoom past Earth on Thursday (Sept. 18) — and you can see it live

Harry Baker published 16 September 25

The "potentially hazardous" asteroid 2025 FA22 will fly close past Earth at more than 24,000 mph on Thursday (Sept. 18). The space rock was previously predicted to have a slim chance of impacting our planet in 2089, temporarily earning it the top spot on a major risk list.

First Photographic Evidence of the 'Pallas's cat above 4992 masl

Grumpy-looking Pallas's cat photographed by camera trap in stunning photo from eastern Himalayas

Lydia Smith published 16 September 25

The Pallas’s cat is just one of several wildcats spotted in Arunachal Pradesh, which also supports snow leopards, common leopards, clouded leopards, leopard cats and marbled cats.

A plant shoot tip in a petri dish.

'This needs to happen fast': Scientists race to cryopreserve a critically endangered tree before it goes extinct

Sascha Pare published 16 September 25

Less than 400 angle-stemmed myrtle specimens remain in the wild in Australia. Scientists are working on ways to preserve the species so that we can bring it back at any point if it dies out.

photo of ryugu asteroid

Asteroid Ryugu once had 'flowing water', shocking analysis hints

Harry Baker published 16 September 25

A new analysis of asteroid Ryugu hints that the "potentially hazardous" space rock once had flowing water in its core, possibly leftover from the impact that created it.

A satellite photo of a rounded peninsula in a lake, with two eye-like lakes at its center

Volcanic 'googly eyes' stare into space from skull-like peninsula

Harry Baker published 16 September 25

Earth from space A 2014 astronaut photo shows a pair of volcanic lakes appearing to stare up into space from the Chiltepe Peninsula of Nicaragua's Lake Managua. These "eyes" and "skull" were created by violent eruptions thousands of years ago.

An animation of two black holes merging — Scientists measure the 'natal kick' that sent a baby black hole careening through space for the first time Two black holes merged together 2.4 billion light years away from Earth, and scientists have just figured out how fast the newborn ricocheted, and in which direction.

Coloured computed tomography (CT) scan of a section through the brain of an 84-year-old female patient with glioblastoma (dark, left). Glioblastoma is the most aggressive form of brain cancer. — Diet change could make brain cancer easier to treat, early study hints A new lab study exploited a unique aspect of metabolism in glioblastoma to boost the effectiveness of chemoradiation, turning the cancer's properties against itself.

The Earth-size exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e, depicted at the lower right, is silhouetted as it passes in front of its flaring host star in this artist’s concept of the TRAPPIST-1 system. — TRAPPIST-1e might have an atmosphere, JWST hints Scientists studying the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e may have found hints of an atmosphere. If confirmed, it could be an important step toward finding a habitable world outside our solar system.

Photograph taken of Aspergillus fumigatus under a microscope. The cultures shown on the right are infected with virus, while those on the left are uninfected. — 'Russian nesting doll' virus hides inside a deadly fungus, making it even more dangerous to people A virus found lurking inside a deadly fungus may make the microbe even stronger and harder to kill when it infects people.

Two winged male ants on a black background. The ant on the left is covered in hairs and the ant on the left is hairless. — 'Almost like science fiction': European ant is the first known animal to clone members of another species A species of ant found scurrying across southern Europe is the first animal found that clones males of another species.

An illustration of a repeating pattern of COVID vaccine vials — Have you gotten this year's COVID vaccine? Federal guidance about the 2025-2026 COVID-19 vaccine has raised questions and confusion around the shots. Have you tried to get one this year?

Planet Earth

'New' island emerges from melting ice in Alaska

By Patrick Pester published 11 September 25

NASA's Earth Observatory has announced that Alaska has a "brand new island" after a retreating glacier lost contact with the Prow Knob mountain landmass in Alsek Lake.

Misty, sepia-toned scene of a tropical shoreline overtaken by nature, with the remnants of shattered buildings and a rusted robot partially submerged in water. Tall palm trees and dense foliage frame the skeletal remains of skyscrapers in the background, suggesting a long-abandoned civilization.

Action on climate change faces new threat: The doomers who think it's too late to act

By Michael E. Mann, Peter J. Hotez published 11 September 25

"Doom-mongering convinces many would-be climate advocates that climate action is a hopeless cause. But the blistering attacks against mainstream climate science and scientists advance an agenda of division, dividing the rank-and-file climate activists and leading voices from the scientific community."

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Skyscraper-size asteroid previously predicted to hit us in 60 years will zoom past Earth on Thursday (Sept. 18) — and you can see it live
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Grumpy-looking Pallas's cat photographed by camera trap in stunning photo from eastern Himalayas
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Viltrox AF 16mm f/1.8 FE lens review
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'This needs to happen fast': Scientists race to cryopreserve a critically endangered tree before it goes extinct
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Asteroid Ryugu once had 'flowing water', shocking analysis hints

Space

Chinese scientists hunt for alien radio signals in 'potentially habitable' TRAPPIST-1 system

By Mark Thompson published 14 September 25

Researchers in China have conducted the most thorough search yet for alien radio signals in the nearby TRAPPIST-1 system, which may harbor potentially Earth-like planets.

Extraterrestrial Life

A JWST image of a star cluster with sparkling stars and cloudy rainbow colors

James Webb telescope's 'starlit mountaintop' could be the observatory's best image yet — Space photo of the week

By Jamie Carter published 14 September 25

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured infant stars carving peaks of dust and gas in the Pismis 24 star cluster.

archaeology

World's oldest mummies were smoke-dried 10,000 years ago in China and Southeast Asia, researchers find

By Kristina Killgrove published 15 September 25

The world's oldest evidence for purposeful human mummification comes from Southeast Asia, where people smoke-dried their ancestors' corpses 10,000 years ago.

1,900-year-old oil lamp that provided 'light in the journey to the afterlife' found in Roman cemetery in the Netherlands

By Kristina Killgrove published 15 September 25

Archaeologists excavating in a Roman cemetery in the Netherlands have uncovered a unique oil lamp dating to the second century A.D.

World of science

Health

A close-up picture of our reviewer testing the Suunto Run watch

Suunto Run fitness tracker review — Light, feature-packed and reasonably priced

By Andrew Williams published 15 September 25

Reviews A budget-friendly, feature-rich fitness tracker good for sports and running if heart rate tracking isn’t your priority.

'Your fear is well-founded': How human activities have raised the risk of tick-borne diseases like Lyme

By Sean Lawrence published 14 September 25

Changes to forests, and how close people and their livestock live to them, have changed tick habitats and the risks humans face of Lyme disease and other illnesses.

Viruses, Infections & Disease

How the surface you exercise on might increase your risk of cramps

By Michael Hales published 13 September 25

Opinion Despite good hydration and nutrition, many athletes across sports still suffer from unexpected cramps. The courts and fields they're playing on may be the missing link.

Animals

Bumpy snailfish photographed in the deep sea. It has a distinctive pink color, pectoral fins with long fin rays, and a unique bumpy texture.

Never-before-seen adorable pink bumpy snailfish with funny little beard filmed in deep canyon off California coast

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published 12 September 25

Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute used remotely operated vehicles to find three new species of snailfish off the California coast.

Scientists find baby pterosaurs died in violent Jurassic storm 150 million years ago

By Patrick Pester published 10 September 25

Researchers found storm injuries during a baby pterosaur post-mortem, solving a Jurassic mystery that was 150 million years in the making.

Mammoth molar tagged.

Ancient DNA from Mexico's mammoths reveals unexpected — and unexplained — genetic mysteries

By Jeanne Timmons published 10 September 25

Columbian mammoths in Mexico are genetically different from those in the U.S. and Canada, surprise DNA study reveals.

Extinct species

Human Behavior

A hand holding a pencil over a crossword puzzle

Live Science crossword puzzle #11: Giant cloud at the edge of the solar system — 7 across

By Harry Baker last updated 15 September 25

Science crossword Test your knowledge on all things science with our weekly, free crossword puzzle!

Science crossword

Scientific objectivity is a myth — here's why

By Sara Giordano published 7 September 25

Opinion Cultural ideas are inextricably entwined with the people who do science, the questions they ask, the assumptions they hold and the conclusions they land on.

People who see society as cutthroat value antagonistic leaders, study finds

By Perri Thaler published 31 July 25

Research suggests that whether people view the world as competitive or cooperative impacts how they perceive antagonistic leaders.

Physics & Mathematics

Making time crystals visible under microscopes could open up a range of new applications.

Scientists create first-ever visible time crystals using light — and they could one day appear on $100 bills

By Ben Turner published 9 September 25

The visible patterns produced by the time crystals could be used for data storage and anti-counterfeiting designs.

Physics & Mathematics

Large-scale structure of the universe - stock illustration

Why does the universe exist?

By Tom Metcalfe published 8 September 25

The universe exists because matter and antimatter are not good friends.

Particle Physics

Scientists watch a single electron move during a chemical reaction for first time ever

By Larissa G. Capella published 29 August 25

For the first time, scientists visualized how electrons behave during a chemical reaction, which could help reduce unwanted byproducts in future chemistry.

Particle Physics

Chemistry

Scientists transform 'forever chemicals' in water into fluoride with new process

By Ben Turner published 16 August 25

Exposure to a sunlight-activated catalyst broke down 99% of a forever chemical, leaving behind recyclable fluoride.

Scientists have finally made an elusive meteorite diamond, predicted to be 50% harder than Earth diamonds

By Victoria Atkinson published 16 August 25

Meteorite diamonds, which could be 58% harder than ordinary diamonds, have finally been made in the lab.

Scientists synthesized elusive 'super alcohol' — a 'seed of life molecule' that marks a step toward finding alien life

By Perri Thaler published 7 August 25

Scientists have synthesized methanetetrol, an elusive alcohol that could be the foundation of alien life.

Technology

Viltrox AF 16mm f/1.8 FE atached to a Sony A7R V

Viltrox AF 16mm f/1.8 FE lens review

By James Abbott published 16 September 25

REVIEW The Viltrox AF 16mm f/1.8 FE is a fast ultra wide-angle prime with excellent light-gathering capabilities, making it perfect for astrophotography as well as landscape photography.

New EV battery tech could power 500-mile road trips on a 12-minute charge

By Owen Hughes published 15 September 25

An EV battery breakthrough from Korea could help give lithium-metal tech the green light.

Electric Vehicles

The best star projector we've tested is 38% cheaper on Amazon, taking it to one of its lowest-ever prices

By Paul Brett published 15 September 25

Deals The Orzorz Galaxy star projector delivers bright, high-resolution projections that rival more expensive products, and it comes highly recommended by our own star projector review team.

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