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From solar storms to "shooting stars" over Stonehenge, here are our top 10 favorite space photos of 2024 — and what they told us about our b...

A brain sculpture made from computer parts

Astronomers modeled sunspot activity on a nearby red giant star to learn about its chaotic interior.

The innermost Earth-like planet in the famous TRAPPIST-1 system might be capable of supporting a thick atmosphere after all, according to ne...

The Panasonic 15mm f/1.7 Leica Summilux DG ASPH is a Micro Four Thirds lens with an equivalent focal length of 30mm and a short minimum focu...

Brooks Glycerin 21: the best running shoe Brooks makes

Lab-grown minibrains, remarkable brain scans and psychedelic trips — take a look back at some of Live Science's most interesting neuroscienc...

This wafer-thin wooden tablet from a first-century Roman fort in the U.K. includes a heartfelt birthday party invitation.

From impressive moon missions to unbelievable auroras, 2024 was a year that got many of us looking up. How well do you remember the year's t...

Neuroscientists have identified the physical locations where memories are stored in the brain. But would that enable us to retrieve memories...

To be considered active, a volcano must have erupted at some point during the Holocene, but dormant and extinct are a little harder to defin...

Humans have a long history of misinterpreting ancient fossils. Here are 10 creatures from the dinosaur age that looked way different than we...

Every year brings new discoveries from ancient Egypt and 2024 was no exception. In this countdown, Live Science takes a look at 10 fascinati...

Big enough to impress yet small enough to hold steady, the Nocs Field Tube 8x32 monocular offers crisp, colorful views and a rugged, waterpr...

Antibiotic and antifungal drug resistance pose a major public health threat. Live Science is covering the spread of this problem and the pot...

Embodied AI enables robots and autonomous drones to interact with the real world, but how does it work?

Created by a young star, the bipolar star-forming region Sharpless 2-106 in this Hubble image depicts how intense the star-formation process...

How much do you remember about planet Earth in the news over the last 12 months? Take our quiz to find out!

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An all-in-one microscope kit to nurture the minds of young would-be scientists

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The newly discovered tarantula Trichopelma grande has unusually hairy legs for a ground-dwelling species. It's also much bigger than its rel...

From a piece of cloth that may have belonged to Alexander the Great to an image of our galaxy's central black hole, here's our pick of contr...

Newfound cells, ancient DNA, groundbreaking surgeries — test your memory of health discoveries from 2024.

For people who have been blind since birth, brain scans alone can't reveal if they dream in images.