The Latest Breaking News from Earth

Conservation summit agrees to global levy on drugs from nature’s genetics, but developing nations furious at unmet funding promises

On a young Earth, giant meteors might have been a harbinger of life, not death.

The Northern Lights "may be visible" in the UK again this week, according to the Met Office – see exactly when and the best spots to see…

Valencia was particularly hard-hit.

The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942) Apophis. If approved at a key meeting next year, the robotic spacecraft, known as the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses), will rendezvous with the asteroid in February 2029.

The sun erupted with an X-class solar flare on Halloween, and solar activity is expected to remain high through Nov. 3.

Dark matter is a mysterious, invisible substance makes up more than 80 percent of all matter in the universe

New technologies including recoverable satellites and in-orbit space debris recycling could help solve the satellite air pollution problem and prevent a new ecological crisis in the future.

As millions of people around the world celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams radioed home her share of festive cheer.