For the first time ever, astronomers have directly imaged multiple planets orbiting a sunlike star. The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile photographed two giant planets circling TYC 8998-760-1, a very young analogue of our own sun…
In this episode of Life’s Little Mysteries, we’ll take a closer look at a mysterious process that has shaped life on Earth over hundreds of millions of years: evolution. What is evolution, how exactly does it work, and is it…
Jasmine Nur, 26, from Auckland, New Zealand, has spoken out about daughter Zobiyah’s allergies – which also include tomatoes, citrus foods and fruits – which left her with painful eczema and was made worse by steroid creams Jasmine pictured holding…
Recent studies seem to paint a grim picture of how long COVID-19 immunity lasts, finding evidence of viral antibody counts plummeting in COVID-19 patients a mere two months after an initial infection. Some have worried that these people are vulnerable…
In this special episode of Life’s Little Mysteries, we focus on a serious topic that everybody is talking about: SARS-CoV-2, and the disease it causes, COVID-19. Every day at Live Science, our reporters and editors track the latest coronavirus developments…
Mothers with COVID-19 appear unlikely to pass the disease to their newborn babies — even if they breastfeed and share the same room — provided they take certain precautions, a small new study suggests. The study found that, out of…
The 11-month-baby’s parents were asleep at the property in Majorca when his three-year-old brother took him outside to play and he tragically fell into the pool The baby sadly died at the hospital in Son Espases (Image: CEN/@SonEspases) An 11-month-old…