Jan 17th, 2026 - --:-- / --:-- This voice experience is generated by AI.  One month from today, on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, the moon will pass directly in front of the sun — but not quite cover it — creating a brilliant annular solar eclipse, also known as a "ring of fire." For about 2 minutes and 20 seconds, observers in a remote part of Antarctica will witness this rare phenomenon, with the moon obscuring 96% of the sun. Almost no humans will witness it. What Is An Annular Solar Eclipse? An annular solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes directly in front of the sun, but is too far from ... [Read More]

Jan 16th, 2026 - and the moon are about to meet up for a short-lived cosmic hangout. That's good news for avid skygazers, who will in one week have a chance to spot the celestial pair sharing a section of the night sky for one night in January. The rendezvous is , and it presents spectators with a rare opportunity to see a phenomenon in which at least two celestial bodies appear from our vantage on Earth to be near one another. The impending conjunction is also the latest celestial display lighting up Earth's night skies in January after became visible earlier in the month. Here's what to know about the ... [Read More]

Jan 15th, 2026 - The James Webb space telescope is one of humanity's greatest and priciest creations. Designed to give us an even better look at our universe in any piece of space tech before it, the James Webb space telescope still isn't perfect. In fact, it has one small blind spot that can be blamed more on the subject it's studying than the telescope itself: stars, specifically, how difficult they can be to study. , NASA's got a whole new, much smaller space telescope that was just launched into low Earth orbit this week. It's called Pandora, and it's designed to supplement the James Webb Space ... [Read More]

Jan 15th, 2026 - By Bob Timmons, The Minnesota Star Tribune MINNEAPOLIS - Year to year, birders document what they see perching or passing through northeast Minnesota's Sax-Zim Bog. Now, what's heard at the popular birding destination might give an even clearer picture of the winged life drawn to its boreal bog landscape. The Friends of Sax-Zim Bog has set up a listening device at its welcome center - the first of many similar types to be installed this year around the bog's 25,000 acres - that captures bird song and calls 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The audio is made available at an online listening ... [Read More]

Jan 15th, 2026 - Mosquitoes may be targeting humans more than other animals, according to a new study , raising concerns that habitat loss is pushing disease-carrying insects closer to people. Researchers working in Brazil's Atlantic Forest found that mosquitoes captured deep inside nature reserves showed a striking preference for human blood – a shift they say is likely driven by deforestation and declining wildlife populations. "It's only a matter of time before these mosquitoes become adapted to humans," study co-author Dr Sergio Machado told BBC Science Focus . "And once that happens, I think it ... [Read More]

Jan 14th, 2026 - Two ancient wolf pups found entombed in Siberian permafrost more than a decade ago are revealing new stories, thanks to rich DNA clues preserved inside their bodies. In a first, researchers found a chunk of meat from a woolly rhinoceros — a creature similar in size to modern white rhinoceros, but with a shaggy coat of hair — preserved inside the stomach of one of the pups. DNA from that flesh and fur survived beneath the Siberian ice for more than 14,000 years, enabling scientists to sequence the entire genome. They shared their findings in a study published in the journal Genome ... [Read More]

Jan 14th, 2026 - Stephen Kane, a professor of planetary astrophysics at UC Riverside, was skeptical when he read recent studies that showed the gravitational pull from Mars being connected to Earth's long-term climate patterns. These studies suggested that sediment layers on the floor of our oceans have recorded climate cycles influenced by the Red Planet despite its distance from Earth and small size. Mars measures in at only half Earth's diameter and 10 percent of its mass. "I knew Mars had some effect on Earth, but I assumed it was tiny," Kane said. "I'd thought its gravitational influence would be too ... [Read More]

Jan 14th, 2026 - It's quick and easy to access Live Science Plus, simply enter your email below. We'll send you a confirmation and sign you up for our daily newsletter, keeping you up to date with the latest science news. Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Flipboard Join the conversation Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Scientists have analyzed the genome of a 14,400-year-old woolly rhino from a piece of its flesh found in the stomach of an ancient wolf pup. The results are giving experts insight into the woolly rhino's extinction, which probably happened rapidly due to ... [Read More]