The Latest Breaking News from Earth

Nasa has announced the first detection of possible biosignatures in a rock on the surface of Mars. The rock contains the first martian organic matter to be detected by the Perseverance rover, as well as curious discoloured spots that could indicate the past activity of microorganisms.

Strange life forms likely died before they could spread globally, scientists suspect

Everything you need to know about what’s happening in the night sky this month.

The global average surface temperature is the main indicator used to track how the climate is changing, and the measure is used under the Paris Agreement.

Sierra Space has conducted its second full-scale burst test of an inflatable space station module as it looks towards building the Orbital Reef commercial outpost.

Discover the rare double meteor shower event with Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids lighting up the night sky in a celestial display.

Using NASA's Fermi telescope, astronomers have discovered a hidden "annihilation feature" in the gamma-ray burst known as the "BOAT," or the "brightest of all time."

Planetary scientists have been searching the cosmos for liquid water. Here are the most promising water worlds in the solar system and beyond.

Nailing the political status quo over five decades, from Vietnam to Gaza, with irreducible simplicity, the British artist’s retrospective is also a work in progress…

With the bestselling Other Minds, the philosopher dramatically changed our view of octopuses. Now, concluding his trilogy about the evolution of intelligence, he shows how animal life has shaped the planet itself

Researchers have been attaching tags to the foreheads of seals for the past two decades to collect data in remote and inaccessible regions.