The Latest Breaking News from Earth

New Alien: Earth was shown to Disney shareholders, but there's still no sign of an official trailer

Venus will pass between the Earth and the sun this weekend, but don't try to look for it.

Alleged assault at polar base shows the importance of research on cabin fever – including on future Mars missions

The galaxy is 13.4 billion light-years away from Earth

US president invokes wartime powers to boost production of rare earths and other critical minerals.

Landmarks across the world, including Buckingham Palace in the UK, will go dark for an hour on Saturday for WWF’s annual campaign.

The Euclid space telescope has spotted 26 million galaxies in just one week of observations.

Two nearby explosive massive star deaths, or supernovas, may have triggered mass extinction events in Earth's distant past, new research suggests.

The world’s first artificial satellite, the Soviet Union’s Sputnik 1, was launched in October 1957. Just three months later, it fell out of orbit. As Sputnik hit the upper atmosphere at incredible speed, the friction would have caused it to heat up and almost entirely burn off. Some small remnants…

U.K. start-up Pulsar Fusion has unveiled plans to build a fleet of reusable nuclear fusion-powered rockets, known as Sunbirds, that could cut journey times across the solar system in half. But not everyone is convinced.

A NASA advisor says billionaire’s ambitious timelines for Martian travel does not add up with reality