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...
Astronomers spot the closest, fastest star ever seen orbiting our galaxy's monster black hole
A star is whipping around the Milky Way's central black hole incredibly fast, setting a record for the tightest orbit ev...
Perseverance rover watchs alien solar eclipse on Mars | Space photo of the day for Aug. 19, 2026
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover saw a solar eclipse from the Martian surface. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU)People ...
On this day in space! Aug. 19, 1997: 1st Filipino satellite launches into orbit
On Aug. 19, 1997, the Philippines launched its own satellite for the first time.
My 5 favorite sights to see in the night sky with binoculars
Here are our top picks on what to look for when using binoculars to explore the night sky.
I sailed to Greenland for a total solar eclipse — what I saw left me speechless
I understood the science and had seen thousands of eclipse photographs, but nothing prepared me for the emotion of watch...