The Latest Breaking News from Earth

Cat chases laser pointer dot in 15-second video, designed to test possibility of sending streaming video through deep space

As a 2.5-mile fissure opens up in the Earth’s crust spewing jets of lava, we look at the local and international implications

With any luck, we could one day watch chilly geysers erupting from the surface of nearby (and potentially life-sustaining) exoplanets.

Researchers have mapped the magma plumbing system beneath Tonga's underwater volcano and discovered three magma chambers, two of which fed the record-shattering 2022 eruption.

the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will launch a mission, named “Martian Moon eXploration”, to Phobos and Deimos in September 2024. The mission will be carried by a newly designed rocket, the H-3, which is still under development.

Biden has a chance to show that the world’s biggest exporter of oil and gas is actually going to change its ways. It’s not clear if he’ll take it

A group has been formed to study and promote a space-based sunshade as a method to help fend off global climate change.

Experience the drama of Iceland's recent volcano eruption and earthquakes. Discover its impact on local towns and recall the cataclysm of 2010.

Government says lava appears to be flowing away from local town