The Latest Breaking News from Earth

Some regions of the continent have enough ice to push up sea levels by 15 metres if they all melt, but researchers don’t yet fully understand the consequences

On Saturday (Jan. 17), the rocket that will launch the Artemis 2 astronauts around the moon rolled to the pad for its historic mission, which could lift off just a few weeks from now.

Planetary annihilation commences on January 27.

The first solar eclipse of the year will take place on Feb. 17, 2026.

Military insiders suggest Earth may sit inside an alien quarantine zone, with humans treated like wildlife inside a cosmic enclosure watched by aliens.

A team of builders is recreating New York City in Minecraft, with the group working on the project over five years and counting.

For decades, vast stretches of ocean beyond national borders have been governed by patchwork rules and weak oversight. On Saturday, that changes. The High Seas Treaty enters into force, creating the first legally binding global framework to protect marine life in international waters that span nearly half the planet.

This will be the first crewed mission to travel around the Moon since the Apollo era, with astronauts flying past the far side of the Moon to test life support and navigation systems.

Artemis II mission could launch on 6 February, sending astronauts on a 685,000-mile journey

Scientists warn a strange iron bar in a distant nebula could reveal Earth's fate when the Sun dies, offering a grim look at how planets — and life — may ultimately be destroyed.

Tiny delays in pulsar signals measured by SETI scientists could aid the search for gravitational waves and extraterrestrial life.