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Updated: 2026-09-01 08:46 Language: English (default) Access: Normal

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Website Overview

An established domain and managed infrastructure suggest continuity of operations and may support dependable delivery, although neither guarantees service quality. Several search or sharing settings need attention. Together they may make snippets, preview images or preferred URLs less consistent across platforms.

Domain and Registration

Registered in 2001, this domain has about 25 years of history. That suggests continuity, although ownership and purpose may have changed. Transfer-protection status is present, helping reduce the risk of unauthorized domain transfers. The domain uses the common .com extension, which is not an independent safety signal.

DNS and Email

Nameservers are provided by Amazon Route 53, indicating managed DNS hosting. DNS and provider evidence indicate traffic passes through the Cloudflare CDN, which may support caching and traffic distribution. MX records point to the Google Workspace email service. SPF and DMARC are configured. DKIM status is unknown. TXT records include verification markers for Google, Microsoft. Such markers may also remain after a service stops being used.

TLS and Certificates

The public key uses EC with 256 bits. The server supplied a complete certificate chain. No organization name is present in the certificate; the available fields are consistent with domain validation. The certificate was issued within the Google Trust Services cloud or CDN ecosystem. The certificate's total validity is about 90 days, consistent with a short renewal cycle.

HTTP and Browser Security

The response lacks these common security headers: X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy. No X-Powered-By header was found, reducing one common source of backend fingerprinting information. The cf-ray, x-cache, x-served-by, via response header indicates a CDN or caching proxy in the delivery path. No obvious internal addresses or debug information were found in the headers. The Server header identifies cloudflare without an exact version.

Technology Stack Analysis

The public page identifies Alpine.js, Cloudflare, Varnish, comScore without precise versions, leaving fewer clues for version-specific scanning.

Search and Social Sharing

The title has 76 characters and may be truncated in search results. Open Graph is partially configured; og:title, og:description, og:image is missing. JSON-LD includes Organization data, helping describe the organization as an entity. A meta description is present, with 153 characters. The observed directives allow indexing and link following.

Hosting and Email

DNSAmazon Route 53
HostingFastly
EmailGoogle Workspace
Location United States flagUnited States 2606:4700::6812:14f6

Pages, Search and Sharing

Meta descriptionDaily discoveries, groundbreaking research and fascinating science breakthroughs that impact you and the wider world, reported by our expert journalists.
Canonical URLhttps://www.livescience.com
LanguageEnglish (default)
Twitter CardNot detected

Social Sharing Preview

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robots.txt (opens in a new tab)

19 rules
All bots 0 allowed · 18 disallowed
  • Disallow*/deals/compare
  • Disallow*/html/
  • Disallow*/p/*/embed/captioned
  • Disallow*/outlink*
  • Disallow*.freyr.*
  • Disallow*/comments/*
  • Disallow*/.events-handler*
  • Disallow*CoreWebVitalsThresholdEvent*
  • Disallow*/partials/*
  • Disallow*/future.adtech.freyr.v1.PageViewEvent
  • Disallow*searchTerm=*
  • Disallow*sortBy=*
  • Disallow*productBrand=*
  • Disallow*%7B*%7D*
  • Disallow*seenMatchId=*
  • Disallow/infinite-scroll-article/*
  • Disallow/infinite-scroll-review/*
  • Disallow/infinite-scroll-recipe/*
amazonadbot 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
bytespider 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
mistralai 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
cohere 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
ai2bot 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
youbot 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
omgili 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
diffbot 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
kangaroo 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
img2dataset 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
amazonbot 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
amazon-qbusiness 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
meta-externalagent 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
meta-webindexer 0 allowed · 1 disallowed
  • Disallow/

Sitemaps

2

Registration details RDAP / WHOIS

RegistrarLexsynergy Limited
Registered2001-04-04
Expires2027-04-04
Domain statusclient delete prohibited、client transfer prohibited、client update prohibited
Nameserversns-1524.awsdns-62.org、ns-1768.awsdns-29.co.uk、ns-816.awsdns-38.net、ns-91.awsdns-11.com
DNSSECunsigned

DNS records

TypeNameValueTTLPriority
Awww.livescience.com.cdn.cloudflare.net104.18.20.246158—
Awww.livescience.com.cdn.cloudflare.net104.18.21.246158—
AAAAwww.livescience.com.cdn.cloudflare.net2606:4700::6812:14f6163—
AAAAwww.livescience.com.cdn.cloudflare.net2606:4700::6812:15f6163—
MXlivescience.comaspmx.l.google.com36001
MXlivescience.comalt1.aspmx.l.google.com36005
MXlivescience.comalt2.aspmx.l.google.com36005
MXlivescience.comalt3.aspmx.l.google.com360010
MXlivescience.comalt4.aspmx.l.google.com360010
NSlivescience.comns-1524.awsdns-62.org166650—
NSlivescience.comns-1768.awsdns-29.co.uk166650—
NSlivescience.comns-816.awsdns-38.net166650—
NSlivescience.comns-91.awsdns-11.com166650—
TXTlivescience.com+GTGVMrHp0rvW2q0l3oHszfVzfjIxkE6goLfPCimYvc/KFJijrv2QeehCF1lSXE45Z8oHGNGTV8Lt2RVZQe2Dw==300—
TXTlivescience.comMS=ms60632271300—
TXTlivescience.com_globalsign-domain-verification=SQONiBgTxRVzPPtIHjei_IUGCiAa0KxoVWFw1QfVes300—
TXTlivescience.combotify-site-verification=Bvex9ErUud910tVAIquqUVU7RH2if7uS300—
TXTlivescience.comgoogle-site-verification=Atqc9dP0n6k-l_-G2qLXJywPb_IyZrSK02WIJzRvNQ0300—
TXTlivescience.comgoogle-site-verification=bBWc5E4SVxmPs08cqtt_LR0zbPn6co3kaI9JwkW0S-A300—
TXTlivescience.comgoogle-site-verification=cT0VCuWQCTCmUeE43of8bJhsqQBzcEpdq18TOMdUguk300—
TXTlivescience.cominclude:mx.google.com300—
TXTlivescience.comv=spf1 include:_spf.google.com -all300—
CNAMEwww.livescience.comwww.livescience.com.cdn.cloudflare.net300—
DMARC_dmarc.livescience.comv=DMARC1; p=reject; fo=1; rua=mailto:[email protected]; ruf=mailto:[email protected]600—

TLS and certificates

AssessmentNormal configuration
Supported protocolsTLSv1.2、TLSv1.3
Negotiated protocolTLSv1.3
Certificate subjectwww.livescience.com
IssuerGoogle Trust Services
Valid until2026-11-23T16:37 · Remaining when checked: 85 days
Verification detailsCertificate trust: Passed · Hostname match: Passed

HTTP response headers

HeaderValue
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
cache-controlno-store, private
servercloudflare
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
content-security-policyframe-ancestors self
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
set-cookieRedacted

Identified technologies

Alpine.jsCloudflareVarnishcomScore

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