One of the year's most prolific meteor showers to light up the night sky this weekend
Image source, Anadolu via Getty ImagesByBen RichLead Weather PresenterPublished11 minutes agoThe Leonid meteor shower is...
SpaceX launches mystery mission for US Space Force in gorgeous sunset liftoff from California (photos)
SpaceX launched a classified mission for the U.S. Space Force from California this evening (Nov. 6). It was the company'...
On this day in space! Nov. 6, 1572: A German astronomer discovers the Tycho supernova with the naked eye, but everyone thought the cosmic explosion was a 'new star'
On Nov. 6, 1572, the German astronomer Wolfgang Schulër observed a supernova later caleld the Tycho supernova with his b...
AST SpaceMobile announces new 'Blacklift' rocket, targets 2028 launch debut
AST SpaceMobile plans to launch its broadband satellites on a new rocket called Blacklift, which it will build in house ...
Biotech Firm Claims Some Credit for Groundbreaking Virus Research
Radical Numerics turned heads with its announcement about a novel treatment. Now a former partner, Tabula Bioscience, sa...
'Life is too brief to leave this planet': Live Science readers share whether they'd go to Mars, despite health risks
Live Science readers respond to a recent poll about whether they'd visit the Red Planet even with potential health risks...
What's that bright 'star' in the early morning sky? It's not a star at all!
Spotted a dazzling light in the eastern sky before sunrise? It's Venus, and the planet is only going to get brighter as ...
I finally got my hands on the Unistellar Envision smart binoculars with augmented reality and I can’t wait to stargaze with them
The Unistellar Envision smart binoculars have an augmented reality (AR) overlay that provides smart functionality to 10x...
Lonnie Thompson Has Died. He Dodged Avalanches to Preserve Climate History.
His observations helped establish shriveling mountain glaciers as an unmistakable consequence of human-caused warming. H...
See the space race like you’ve never seen it before in PBS’s new living documentary, ‘We Chose to Go to the Moon’
Hear Neil Armstrong's son and granddaughter sing a moving tribute to the legendary Apollo 11 astronaut
You can see another galaxy with the naked eye — here's how to find it
The Andromeda galaxy is one of the most distant things you can see with the naked eye. The difficult part isn't finding ...
Perfectly preserved owl fossil from 47 million years ago could help to solve a major evolutionary mystery
A stunning fossil owl from Germany that has its last meal preserved in its stomach helped researchers to narrow down the...