The Latest Breaking News from Earth

Researchers have simulated how comets pinballing from one planet to another could deliver critical organic molecules to exoplanets.

One long-standing theory for how the molecular material for life ended up on Earth is that it could have been delivered by comets.

The magnolia wood LignoSat is an attempt to make space junk biodegradable. NASA and Japan's space agency (JAXA) could launch it as soon as 2024.

How did life begin? How did chemical reactions on the early Earth create complex, self-replicating structures that developed into living things as we know them?

Science data from a damaged balloon-borne telescope was salvaged, thanks to old-fashioned SD drives.

The Reykjanes peninsula in south-west Iceland trembled with an intense swarm of earthquakes on the afternoon of Friday November 10. Hundreds of quakes were detected on the regional networks of seismometers and several were strong enough to be felt in Reykjavik, 50 kilometres away.

NASA has stopped sending commands to its Mars missions for two weeks, but that doesn't mean the robotic explorers are taking a vacation.

Up to 15 "shooting stars" per hour may be visible in dark skies as the Leonid meteor shower peaks Friday and Saturday (Nov. 17 and 18).

The world's first satellite capable of detecting industrial sources of carbon emissions from space has just reached orbit  —  and it promises to be a game-changer.