There’s another comet Atlas in our solar system – and it just turned golden after a dangerous dance with the sun
New photos reveal that a recently discovered comet called ‘The Other ATLAS’ has transformed into a stunning golden ribbon after surviving its approach to the Sun. This journey was what many experts believed would be the comet’s destiny. The comet, called C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), was discovered in May by astronomers with the Asteroid Earth Impact […]
Official announcement: The United Nations announces that global temperatures will rise at a rate of over 1.5°C over the next 10 years
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) announced on Tuesday (4 November) that the Earth will exceed the critical warming threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels within the next 10 years. To stay below this threshold, the world will need to reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions by 55% compared to 2019 levels by 2035. […]
Latest science news: Comet 3I/ATLAS appears again | NASA’s new boss named | Beaver supermoon rises
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Latest science news: ‘Doom loop’ tipping points | New Comet 3I/ATLAS image | Beaver Supermoon
Refresh 2025-11-06T17:56:10.537Z Over and out We’re off. Well, Ben, me and the other U.K. team members are off, so we’re bringing today’s blog coverage to a close. Keep an eye on the Live Science homepage for more science news, and we’ll see you tomorrow. Science joke of the day: What did the asteroid say when […]
“Torn by Darkness”: What would happen if a human fell into a black hole?
Thank your black hole lucky stars. Mysterious, frightening, and endlessly fascinating, these extreme objects are the gravitational anchors of all large galaxies, including our own, and help control star formation throughout the universe. They are the darkest objects in the universe, yet curious Earthlings are drawn to them like moths to a 100,000 solar mass […]
‘As if a tremor was transmitted from the brain to the body’: Neuroscientists who learned how to control memory in rodents
Can bad memories be changed? In this excerpt from How to Change Your Memory (Princeton University Press, 2025), author and neuroscientist Steve Ramirez describes the events that led him and his colleagues to discover that they could artificially control memory by accessing rodent brains directly. Emotions like anxiety are difficult to understand because they are […]
The world’s largest spider web was discovered in the “Sulfur Cave” where 111,000 spiders live in total darkness
Researchers have discovered more than 111,000 spiders living in what is believed to be the world’s largest spider web, deep inside a pitch-black cave on the Albanian-Greece border. The study, published October 17 in the journal Subterranean Biology, said the “unusual” colony consisted of a giant nest located in a permanently dark zone of the […]
History of Science: Archaeologists discover King Tut’s tomb and rumors of the “Mummy Curse” begin to swirl – November 4, 1922
simple facts Milestone: Stairs to King Tut’s tomb discovered When: November 4, 1922 Location: Valley of the Kings, Egypt People: Archeology team led by Howard Carter On a sunny morning, Egyptian workers were removing sand in the Valley of the Kings when they discovered the remains of stone steps some 4 meters below the tomb […]
What are the signs that nature is telling us? Scientists are triggering earthquakes in the Alps to find out what happens before they occur
Scientists are intentionally triggering earthquakes from tunnels deep underground in the Alps. It may sound like something out of a James Bond movie, but the goal isn’t chaos or destruction. Rather, researchers with the Fault Activation and Earthquake Eruption (FEAR) project are looking for ways to determine the risk of an earthquake before it occurs. […]
Astronomers reveal first appearance of comet 3I/ATLAS as it reappears from behind the sun
Comet 3I/ATLAS is the bright white dot in the center of the image, and the dot above it is a star that appears distorted due to the comet’s motion. (Image credit: Qicheng Zhang/Lowell Observatory) Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is once again visible from Earth after zooming in behind the sun, new images reveal. Astronomers used the […]