The Latest Breaking News from Earth

Take a trip back in time.

Imagine a photograph of your great-grandparents, grandparents and parents side by side. You’d see a resemblance, but each generation would look distinct from its predecessors. This is the process of evolution in its simplest form: descent with modification.

The Marble Caves sit on the shores of a turquoise glacial lake in southern Chile. Light bounces off the water onto the walls, creating a magical, ever-changing display inside the caverns.

Humanity needs to address the growing space junk problem now, before it gets completely out of hand, scientists stress.

President-elect Donald Trump says billionaire Jared Isaacman will ‘lead Nasa into a bold new era’

China's planned mission to bring rock samples to Earth from Mars would beat both NASA and the European Space Agency to the punch.

In this week’s Down To Earth newsletter: The global crackdown against climate activists and groups is clearly part of the fossil fuel industry’s strategy to crush dissent and keep burning the planet• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up here to get the newsletter in full

The Illuminate "will challenge our recruits more than the other factions they have faced"

Using NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope, astronomers witnessed a massive black hole jet slam into an unknown object in space.

By doubling the number of known "dark comets," astronomers have been able to split them into two camps depending on their location in the solar system.

A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater volcanoes that were previously missed.