The Latest Breaking News from Earth

Einstein predicted the existence of gravitationally-warped rings of light in 1915. Now, a new one has been discovered just a cosmic stone's throw from our own planet.

Humanity has been working on ways to deflect dangerous asteroids - but it probably won’t need it

A French astrophotographer recently snapped shots of the moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in a single evening, and rearranged them to create a striking composite image. Each "planetary parade" member was captured with the same magnification, meaning they are perfectly scaled.

February's Full Snow Moon will rise just as the sun sets.

Strong solar winds could supercharge the northern lights just in time for Valentine's Day.

How might you make your mark on the world forever? Write a play more timeless than Shakespeare, or compose music to out-do Mozart, or score the winning goal in the next World Cup final, perhaps?

If you saw something strange in the evening sky over California on Feb. 10, we can explain.

NASA astronaut Suni Williams was undertaking a repair on the ISS when she was photographed from Earth by an amateur astrophotographer

This account of humanity’s magical yet toxic relationship with rocks and minerals is filled with glittering details