The Latest Breaking News from Earth

The spellbinding singer returns with an album of warm, empathic folk-soul – plus a screaming lemur – to salute LGBTQ+ trailblazers, Lou Reed and more. She explains why we must embrace forgiveness if we are ever to make change

Bees are among the most important insects on Earth – vital pollinators of our crops and significant contributors to human societies for thousands of years.

A flavor of black hole known as a blazar often exhibits behavior that defies explanation. A new study of 106 supermassive black holes may shed some light.

The risk of a kilometer-scale asteroid hitting Earth in the next millennium is really low. Phew.

A young NASA mission spotted strange movements of X-rays in the supernova remnant known as Cassiopeia A, which may include an extremely dense and small star.

The new exoplanet sounds like a horrible place, but it may be just what life needs to gain a foothold around a red dwarf star.

Earth probably won't get hit by an asteroid at least 0.6 miles (1 kilometers) wide in the next 1,000 years, a new study finds.

From its humble origin(s), life has infected the entire planet with endless beautiful forms. The genesis of life is the oldest biological event, so old that no clear evidence was left behind other than the existence of life itself. This leaves many questions open, and one of the most tantalising…

Biden officials consider whether symbol, created for first Earth Day in 1970, is misleading because of use on non-recyclable material