The Latest Breaking News from Earth

They won't be home for Christmas, but astronauts in space are finding their own way to make the season bright.

The James Webb Space Telescope blasted off from a launchpad in French Guiana in 2021, before reaching a spot in orbit a million miles away. It soon began breaking cosmology.

It might seem worlds away from the Earth we know. But can Star Trek teach us anything about the economics of our own society?

Wealth is shifting upwards, basic universal services are outsourced and improving the lives of the Australians doing it toughest is being ignored. So where can we find hope?

The microwave-sized sensor detects 'spectral fingerprints' of important minerals.

Scientists using the James Webb telescope observed a distant exoplanet with an atmosphere of soot and diamonds, challenging all explanations.

China overcomes human spaceflight emergency and makes leaps with lunar hardware tests

On Christmas Eve 1968, the Earth received a message from astronauts on a mission like no other - the first around the moon. NASA will return in 2026.

From compelling stories to non-fiction, books can spark ideas that help us navigate the climate crisis. As part of The Conversation’s ongoing Climate Storytelling strand, we asked climate research and creative writing experts to review some of the best new and upcoming titles to look out for in 2026. We’d…

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS completes its near-miss with Earth, revealing bizarre chemistry and highlighting the growing threat to our asteroid detection systems.

New data on interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS reveals a kilometre-wide nucleus and absolute radio silence, challenging existing theories on cometary physics.