The Latest Breaking News from Earth

Much of the moon's surface is 200 million years older than previously estimated, a new analysis suggests.

Stay up late tonight to see a thin crescent moon rise near the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades and gas giant Jupiter in the early hours of Friday (July 14).

The number of volunteer firefighters has dropped sharply nationwide, a trend that appears to be gripping rural Texas communities.

NASA's Webb telescope has taken stunning images of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to Earth

Scientists have designated a small body of water near Toronto, Canada as ground-zero for the 'Anthropocene era' – the proposed geological epoch defined by humanity's massive and destabilising impact on the planet – which they say began at the beginning of the 'atomic age' in the 1950s.

The European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft celebrated 20 years in space by taking a nostalgic glance back at Earth and the moon.

Zhuque-2, a rocket built by the Chinese company Landspace, reached Earth orbit on July 12, becoming the first methane-fueled launcher ever to do so.

The paint is award winning: it earned a Guiness World Record in 2021 as the whitest paint ever

A world-first study has found concentrations of plastics in some lakes are higher than in the most contaminated parts of oceans, demonstrating the extent to which plastics have invaded Earth’s ecosystems.

Gravik unleashes his devastating Groot-like powers – and Fury’s whole world is revealed to be a sham

NASA has released stunning photos showing baby stars in a cloud complex 390 light-years away. All of the young stars appear to be no bigger than the sun