The Latest Breaking News from Earth

NASA has completed its first laser link with an in-orbit laser relay system, marking a significant advancement in space communication technology.

Including the all-new character Jane Howlett

The "forbidden" light of the spiral galaxy MCG-01-24-014 is captured in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope, suggesting the galaxy contradicts common rules of quantum physics.

The fascinating patterns of 35 repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs) reveal new properties of these mysterious blasts of deep-space radiation that appear and disappear in milliseconds.

As evening brought freezing temperatures to northwestern China's Gansu province, shellshocked residents huddled around small fires in the street, reeling after the country's deadliest earthquake in years deprived them of shelter.

A schmaltzy TV special did not seem the most likely vehicle for a hit Christmas single, but this 1977 collaboration between David Bowie and Bing Crosby yielded an enduring classic that cuts across the generational divide

Astronomers found two planetary systems centered around solar analogs containing mini-Neptune planets and a "super-Jupiter" world 99 times the size of 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

The year 2023 was marked by extraordinary heat, wildfires and weather disasters.

The next moon astronauts practiced sliding out of their Orion spacecraft during a simulated emergency splashdown. Artemis 2 aims to fly the four astronauts in 2024.