Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Earth

Heavy dusting of 'pineapple powder' paints Hawaii's volcanoes white after near-record snowfall — Earth from space

A pair of 2021 satellite photos highlight an unusually heavy snowfall in Hawaii that covered the summits of the volcanoes Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea.

LiveScience

Failed Soviet satellite hurtling towards Earth may hit like a meteorite, tracker warns

Space probe was designed for Venus landing but never made it out of Earth orbit

The Independent UK

Echidna ancestors lived watery lifestyles like platypuses 100 million years ago – new study

As the world’s only surviving egg-laying mammals, Australasia’s platypus and four echidna species are among the most extraordinary animals on Earth.

The Conversation

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Amazon launches 27 satellites to begin building huge 'Project Kuiper' internet constellation (video)

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launched the first big batch of satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband constellation to low Earth orbit today (April 28).

Space

1 billion years ago, a meteorite struck Scotland and influenced life on Earth

We’ve discovered that a meteorite struck northwest Scotland 1 billion years ago, 200 million years later than previously thought. Our results are published today in the journal Geology.

The Conversation

Vega-C rocket launches European forest-monitoring 'Biomass' satellite to orbit (video)

The European Space Agency's Biomass forest-monitoring satellite headed toward orbit early Tuesday morning (April 29) on the fourth-ever launch of the Vega-C rocket.

Space

'I didn't look too good because I didn't feel too good': NASA astronaut Don Pettit explains why he seemed so unwell after landing (video)

Seventy-year-old NASA astronaut Don Pettit looked pretty peaked shortly after returning to Earth from the ISS this month. And he was pretty peaked — he'd just thrown up on the Kazakh steppe.

Space

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Mystery of Bolivian 'zombie' volcano finally solved

Uturuncu, a dormant volcano in Bolivia, appeared to be getting ready to erupt following earthquakes and "sombrero" shaped deformation — scientists have now worked out what's going on beneath the surface.

LiveScience

A failed Soviet Venus lander will fall back to Earth after being stranded for 53 years

A Venus lander launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 has been predicted to fall back to Earth some time in May.

Space

46 Years Later, An Iconic Sci-Fi Franchise Just Gave Its Origin Story A Horrific Rewrite

What do facehuggers look like before they hug your face? A new clip from 'Alien: Earth' has the disgusting answer.

Inverse

Amazon Set For Launch Of Starlink-rival Satellites

After delaying an earlier attempt due to bad weather, Amazon is preparing to launch its first batch of Project Kuiper internet satellites on Monday, stepping into direct competition with Elon Musk's Starlink.

International Business Times

FX has birthed a new teaser trailer for Alien: Earth – here are 5 of my favorite sci-fi shows to watch on Hulu and Disney+ while you wait

There's plenty of great sci-fi to watch before Alien: Earth arrives later this year.

TechRadar

March 2025 featured fires, floods and record-setting warmth in the US

March was a busy month for climate disasters in the U.S., as the nation endured tornado outbreaks, raging wildfires, and record-setting heat.

Space

The Mariana Trench is home to some weird deep sea fish, and they all have the same, unique mutations

Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same mutation across fish species that have evolved on separate timelines — alongside human-made pollutants contaminating the deep sea.

LiveScience

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

International Business Times

Wolfgang Lück on How AI Will Accelerate Saving CubeSat Data from the Digital Graveyard

As the space industry accelerates its shift toward small, affordable satellites known as CubeSats, it's running into a major snag: data quality. These pint-sized spacecraft, often deployed by startups, universities, or developing nations, promise to democratize access to Earth Observation (EO).

The Guardian - UK

Sea bass in space: why fish farms on the moon may be closer than you think

The Lunar Hatch project aims to blast eggs into space, hoping that aquaculture will provide protein for astronauts on missions

Space

Newly launched NASA satellites open eyes to start studying 'auroral electrojets' in Earth's atmosphere

The first bits of data have come back from NASA's EZIE cubesat mission, which aims to solve some mysteries surrounding the "auroral electrojet" phenomena in Earth's atmosphere.

Ideal Home

3 ways to use plants to Feng Shui your patio for calming outdoor space - and the blooms the experts swear by to achieve this

Want your patio to feel like a calming space? Then you need to know how to apply Feng Shui to your plants

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Space

SpaceX launches 250th Starlink satellite mission, lands rocket at sea (video, photos)

SpaceX launched its 250th dedicated Starlink mission on Sunday night (April 27), sending 23 of the broadband satellites to low Earth orbit.

Pedestrian.tv

Peter Dutton & Anthony Albanese Clash Over Welcome To Country During Final Leaders Debate

“From my perspective, it is a matter of respect. We have a great privilege of sharing this continent with the oldest continuous culture on Earth," Albo said.

Al Jazeera

Bangkok earthquake: Will Thailand fall out of love with skyscrapers?

Some residents of the world’s 12th tallest city fear returning to high-rise living a month on from earthquake.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on owning the heavens: the perils of letting capitalism colonise the cosmos

Editorial: Donald Trump ignited a scramble that is transforming space from shared frontier to private asset – raising questions about law, equity and ethics

Space

Uranus passed between Earth and a distant star this month — and NASA caught the rare event

NASA researchers got a rare chance to study Uranus' atmosphere and rings this month, when the ice giant passed between Earth and a distant star, creating a "stellar occultation."

Space

Trump administration cancels lease for NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies lab in New York City

The Trump administration has canceled the New York City lease of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, a leading NASA climate-studying organization.

LiveScience

Can you burp in space?

Gravity plays a big role in burping, so could an astronaut burp in space?

1 … 284 285 286 287

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

European Space Agency

327 stories

The Heritage Foundation

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.