The Latest Breaking News from Earth

As Venus approaches its inferior conjunction, astrophotographers have snapped some striking shots of the crescent planet looking like a giant rainbow in space.

In comparison, bankers in New York make an average of $111,000 annually, without the risk of being exposed to an indefinite stay in dark, noiseless, uninhabited space.

During its final hours on the lunar surface, the Blue Ghost spacecraft captured stunning photos of a lunar sunset.

A quartet of small, rocky exoplanets likely circle Barnard's Star, around 6 billion light-years from Earth, putting them in contention as targets of missions for future human generations.

Spring gets its official start Thursday in the Northern Hemisphere with the arrival of the vernal equinox

Prolonged periods in orbit can alter an astronaut’s body in some surprising ways.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage put his chances of becoming prime minister at ‘about 35% to 45%’ in recent days.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth after a nine-month delay due to a Boeing test flight issue, safely splashing down off the Florida coast aboard a SpaceX capsule.

The building blocks of life on Earth may have been fueled by tiny sparks hopping between water droplets.

In mountain ranges around the world, glaciers are melting as global temperatures rise. Europe’s Alps and Pyrenees lost 40% of their glacier volume from 2000 to 2023. These and other icy regions have provided freshwater for people living downstream for centuries – almost 2 billion people rely on glaciers today.…

Friends of the Earth is calling on the Government to ensure a just transition that benefits people across the country.