The Latest Breaking News from Earth

Cosmic rays may play a role in triggering lightning, a new study suggests, offering an out-of-this-world answer to a long-standing mystery.

A newly found super-Earth could help provide answers as to why there are hardly any planets twice the diameter of Earth.

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On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut down its communication systems and central computer and said goodbye to this amazing space telescope.

This is the moment a test rocket crashed back to Earth just moments after launching in Norway on Sunday (March 30).

Uncrewed Spectrum test rocket’s failure seconds after blast-off said to have produced extensive data nonetheless

SpaceX has rolled out the rocket and Crew Dragon capsule that will launch the Fram2 astronaut mission on Monday night (March 31).

The International Space Station National Laboratory just launched "Between a Rocket and a Hard Space," a brand-new podcast series that explores the future of space innovation.

The first orbital rocket launched from continental Europe crashed seconds after blast-off Sunday, in a closely watched test for the continent's bid to build a new space economy.