The Latest Breaking News from Earth

When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, on Oct. 4, 1957, it did more than spark fears about America’s ability to compete technologically. It also raised concerns that the U.S. had a shortage of Russian speakers capable of monitoring Soviet scientific and military activities.

A laser gyroscope at an underground lab in Germany has detected the minute variations in Earth's rotation, an advance that may help scientists build better climate models.

Here's a brief explainer of the second-ever test flight of SpaceX's Starship vehicle, which is planned for Saturday (Nov. 18).

Dubbed the "brightest of all time," or the BOAT, a gamma-ray burst detected in 2022 continues to astound astronomers, revealing severe effects in Earth's atmosphere.

Six people make an ecstatic voyage around Earth in this finely crafted meditation on hope, beauty, the ordinary and the spectacular

As our love of whites and grays fades, we are seeing a rise is warmer, earthy shades, here's how designers suggest using them

Thousands of residents evacuated town of Grindavik over weekend after series of earthquakes as volcano eruption still possible

Was Ed's decision a smart move? Maybe not, but For All Mankind's showrunner explained why it was the "right move" for the character.

The National Space Council has released a draft bill that would split the regulation of novel space activities between two departments: Transportation and Commerce.

The planet is much larger than Neptune, almost approaching the size of Jupiter.

Far from any galaxy, icy grains of dust in deep space may be able to form organic molecules, a new preprint study finds.