The Latest Breaking News from Earth

Buried beneath the oceans surrounding continents is a naturally occurring frozen form of methane and water. Sometimes dubbed “fire-ice” as you can literally set light to it, marine methane hydrate can melt as the climate warms, uncontrollably releasing methane – a potent greenhouse gas – into the ocean and possibly…

Getting to net zero emissions by mid-century is conventionally understood as humanity’s best hope for keeping Earth’s surface temperature (already 1.2°C above its pre-industrial level) from increasing well beyond 1.5°C – potentially reaching a point at which it could cause widespread societal breakdown.

Buried dozens of meters under the equator of Mars is a large honeycomb pattern similar to, but much larger than, those found only near Earth's frigid poles.

Peregrine first in series involving private spacecraft as conflict between scientific and commercial lunar interests looms

Astronomers discovered a massive planet, more than 13 times heavier than Earth, around a cool, dim red star, nine times less massive than Earth’s Sun, earlier this year.

The United States' use of military agencies such as DARPA to develop emerging technologies for the moon could be sending a wrong message.

It's possible to extract energy from primordial black holes, experts say — if they actually exist

In 'For All Mankind,' Season 4, Episode 5, a new asteroid coupled with poignant flashbacks, change everything.

As many as 120 'shooting stars' per hour will be visible during the moonless peak of the Geminid meteor shower on Dec. 13 and 14.