Scientists discover “alien space weather stations” that could reveal habitable planets
Scientists have uncovered a surprising way to study the harsh space weather around young M dwarf stars. Mysterious dips in starlight turned out to be massive rings of plasma swirling in the stars’ magnetic fields. These structures act like built-in space weather monitors, revealing how energetic par
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Scientists create clear nail polish that lets you use touchscreens with long nails
Using a smartphone with long nails can be frustrating, forcing people to awkwardly tap with their fingertips instead of their nails. Now, researchers are working on a clear nail polish that could change that by turning fingernails into touchscreen-friendly tools. By experimenting with dozens of form
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Hitting the brakes: Hubble Space Telescope watches doomed comet reverse its spin
The unprecedented observations of comet 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresák show its rotation slowing, reversing and then speeding up, and jet-like outbursts of gas might be providing the push.
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Sun storms are powered by a magnetic engine 16 Earths deep, study finds
The powerful magnetic field belonging to the sun is generated far beneath the visible surface.
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2 Neanderthals present at same Siberian cave 10,000 years apart were distant relatives, 110,000-year-old bone reveals
Researchers extracted DNA from a Neanderthal bone fragment found in Russia's Denisova Cave, and the genome is shedding light on how small and isolated their groups were.
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'For All Mankind' is confirmed for season 6, but it'll be the final mission for Apple TV's incredible space show
“We're thrilled to have the opportunity to finish the story the way we’ve always hoped”
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18 million-year-old fossils of ape found in Africa, but in an unexpected place
The ancestor of apes was long thought to come from East Africa, but newly discovered fossils in Egypt may prompt a rethink.
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Don't miss the waxing moon swing by the Beehive star cluster March 27
The moon will sweep past the 1,000-strong stellar beehive overnight on March 27-28.
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Astronauts may struggle to reproduce in outer space, study suggests — what does that mean for the future of space colonization?
A new study found that microgravity simulated on Earth hindered sperm cell movement, egg fertilization and embryo development — findings that have serious implications for the future of space colonization.
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Artemis 2 moon mission latest news: T-2 days to NASA's April 1 launch
Monday, March 30, 2026: See our latest news and updates on NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission's progress to launch on April 1.
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Rattling the Roman Space Telescope | Space photo of the day for March 26, 2026
NASA released a new image of its next-generation Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope undertaking testing to simulate vibrations experienced during launch.
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Incredible new NASA images reveal Saturn in a new light — and it's all thanks to a telescope team-up from Webb and Hubble
Observations from the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes reveal Saturn's atmosphere and rings in the most detailed view created to date.
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Brain aging results from a loss of control over how genes are regulated, mouse study suggests
Aging may "erase" the epigenetic markers that control gene expression in the brain, and this may create a snowball effect.
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Who is Artemis? Meet the Greek goddess who inspired NASA's return to the moon
From Greek mythology to modern spaceflight, Artemis and her twin brother Apollo connect humanity's first lunar missions to the next era of exploration with Artemis 2 and beyond.
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Live Science Today: Meta and Google fined for causing social media addiction and how dogs were our friends for millennia
Thursday, March 26, 2026: Your daily roundup of the biggest science stories making headlines.
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Roman mosaic shows topless woman battling leopard in arena, study finds
A third-century mosaic shows a topless woman battling a leopard in a Roman arena.
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These 45 exoplanets may be the best places to search for alien life
A new catalog of potentially habitable exoplanets provides the framework for future observations in the search for alien life.
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Deepfake X-rays are so real even doctors can’t tell the difference
Deepfake X-rays created by AI are now convincing enough to fool both doctors and AI models. In tests, radiologists had limited success identifying fake images, especially when they didn’t know they were being shown. This opens the door to risks like fraudulent medical claims and tampered diagnoses.