Scientists create 'laundry gun' for astronauts to clean their clothes by shooting out plasma
A pen-sized apparatus called a "laundry gun" could sterilize astronauts' clothes in space.
NASA’s Attempt to Save the Swift Telescope Has Failed
NASA’s Swift Observatory, which studies some of the most powerful explosions in the universe, is expected to burn up in ...
'The Mandalorian and Grogu' finally blasts onto Disney+ next month
Will this underwhelming spinoff of "The Mandalorian" find new life in the streaming world?
Dark matter could magnify the jets of a ravenously feeding supermassive black hole
A jet erupting from a distant supermassive black hole-powered blazar is being gravitationally lensed by an unseen clump ...
IBM's new 'quantum fridges' are nearly 200 times colder than deep space and could pave the way for fault-tolerant quantum computing
IBM's new modular cryogenic system links quantum chips to overcome major infrastructure hurdles and pave the way for a p...
A SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon this month — and a NASA spacecraft has spotted its lunar grave (photos)
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted the crater gouged out on the moon by a SpaceX rocket on Aug. 5, finding ...
Former Fauci Adviser Pleads Guilty to Trying to Conceal Covid-Related Records
Dr. David Morens, a former N.I.H. official, admitted to attempts to conceal emails that discussed the origins of the pan...
'I'm not sure how such a law could be enforced': Readers react to a possible social media ban for children
Do you think a social media ban for young users would be effective? Live Science readers revealed their thoughts in our ...
Mysterious Russian 'space activity' causes US Air Force flight to Antarctica to turn around: report
A mysterious incident over the South Pacific forced a U.S. Air Force aircraft to turn around on Aug. 18, due to a possib...
Scientists just discovered a big limitation in lab-grown minibrains — they have a skewed 'sense of time'
Miniature models of the brain don't seem to follow the same developmental timetable as real brains, which matters for re...
Moderna, Merck Say mRNA Vaccine Prevents Melanoma From Returning
Moderna and Merck say the experimental vaccine prevented the return and spread of the cancer in high-risk melanoma patie...
13 sci-fi books that inspired our favorite shows and movies
These are the books that inspired our favorite science fiction worlds on the big and small screens, including novels fro...