Nov 23rd, 2025 - 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. NASA's SOFIA observatory captured a rare image of a glowing gas ring in Cygnus X — a vast star-forming region 4,500 light-years away. QUICK FACTS What it is: A 'cosmic ring' — an expanding gas bubble of ionized carbon. Where it is: 4,500 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus (the swan). When it was shared: Nov. 17, 2025 This striking image reveals a glittering cosmic ... [Read More]

Nov 22nd, 2025 - Queen guitarist Sir Brian May's latest book explores the history, mystery and evolution of galaxies in a way never tried before – through 3D photography that takes years of painstaking work to create. Many of us have looked at images of the galaxies around us and been overawed by the vastness of the Universe they hint at. Seeing in 3D The images in this article are from Islands in Infinity: Galaxies 3D, and can be viewed in stereo with a special viewer. If you happen to have a viewer at home, you can see the images in this story in 3D too. Hold the viewer in front of your eyes about ... [Read More]

Nov 21st, 2025 - Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. . W ho would think you could train hatchling sea turtles to dance on cue? Monkeys and circus elephants, maybe, but turtles with their more modestly sized brains? However, that's what a study published today in the Journal of Experimental Biology did to learn more about sea turtle navigation. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Researchers at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, used food rewards to condition hatchling loggerheads ( Caretta caretta ) to "dance" when they encountered a familiar magnetic field, and then monitored ... [Read More]

Nov 21st, 2025 - In a new study publishing November 19 in the Cell Press journal Trends in Biotechnology , researchers used a gene-editing technology called CRISPR to increase a fungus's production efficiency and cut its production-related environmental impact by as much as 61%-all without adding any foreign DNA. The genetically tweaked fungus tastes like meat and is easier to digest than its naturally occurring counterpart.  There is a popular demand for better and more sustainable protein for food. We successfully made a fungus not only more nutritious but also more environmentally friendly by ... [Read More]

Nov 21st, 2025 - Follow Earth on Google Across the savanna, a lion's roar breaks the night silence. The sound is unmistakable, yet the deeper structure behind it has gone unnoticed for decades. A new study now reveals clear layers within each roaring sequence. The research arrives at an important moment, as conservation teams search for better ways to track a species under pressure. How lions roar The researchers identified four sound types within a roaring bout. A lion begins with soft moans, moves into full throated roars, shifts to a shorter intermediary roar, and ends with grunts. Earlier thinking ... [Read More]

Nov 21st, 2025 - A remarkably well-preserved Roman sarcophagus has been unearthed in Hungary's capital, offering a rare window into the life of the young woman inside and the world she inhabited around 1,700 years ago. The sarcophagus was untouched by looters and sealed for centuries. It was found with its stone lid fixed in place, secured by metal clamps and molten lead. When researchers carefully lifted the lid, they uncovered a complete skeleton surrounded by dozens of artifacts. "The peculiarity of the finding is that it was a hermetically sealed sarcophagus. It was not disturbed previously, so it was ... [Read More]

Nov 21st, 2025 - Follow Earth on Google Spring returns with familiar notes. Birds fill parks with sound after months away. People enjoy the noise, but few know where the long trip begins. The story starts deep in Central America, inside forests that shape the lives of birds across two continents. A new study from the Wildlife Conservation Society ( WCS ) and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology shows how strongly birds rely on the Five Great Forests of Central America. These forests stretch from southern Mexico into northern Colombia. Many species spend most of the year there, not in North America. Birds and the ... [Read More]

Nov 21st, 2025 - Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, November 21 The solar system's seventh planet, the ice giant Uranus, reaches opposition this morning at 7 A.M. EST among the stars of Taurus the Bull. Now is the best time to view the planet, which rises as the Sun sets and remains visible all night long. Plus, Uranus is located not far from the easy-to-find Pleiades cluster (M45), offering a great steppingstone to the faint magnitude 5.6 planet, which is best seen with binoculars or a telescope.  A few hours after sunset, around 8 P.M. local time, Uranus has reached an ... [Read More]