The Latest Breaking News from Earth

Antarctica sets the stage for the world’s greatest waterfall. The action takes place beneath the surface of the ocean. Here, trillions of tonnes of cold, dense, oxygen-rich water cascade off the continental shelf and sink to great depths. This Antarctic “bottom water” then spreads north along the sea floor in…

A potential intermediate-mass black hole may be lurking in Messier 4, the nearest globular star cluster to Earth, new Hubble data reveals.

Virgin Galactic aced its fifth test flight to suborbital space this morning (May 25), keeping the company on track to start commercial operations next month.

A polar cyclone is swirling on Uranus, further showing that the planet's atmosphere is a hive of hidden activity.

LIGO has been upgraded to observe gigantic black hole mergers 5 billion light-years away.

Iron particles from meteorites and volcanoes could have catalyzed chemical reactions to form some of the organic compounds essential for life.

A new study suggests that iron from volcanic ash and dusty meteor debris may have played a role in building complex organic molecules that eventually became building blocks for life.

The Southern Ocean overturning circulation has ebbed 30% since the 90s, CSIRO scientist claims, leading to higher sea levels and changing weather

"Unspinnable failure. Total and complete. Fully public,” tweeted MSNBC host Chris Hayes

One explanation is they are reacting to past trauma inflicted on one member of the pod by humans, says the author Philip Hoare

CEO insists glitches only revealed ‘massive attention’ governor’s event attracted