The Latest Breaking News from Earth

Two planets outside the Solar System could feature Earth-like oceans, researchers say, though they may not be like anything humans are used to.

Australian experts will have a key role in commissioning a new satellite that will change what scientists know about pretty much all water on the planet.

Glaciers have been present somewhere on Earth for at least 60 million years, a period stretching back almost to the time of the dinosaurs. That’s the key finding of our new research, which pushes the date when the planet was last glacier-free back by at least 26 million years.

New research has shed light on the scorching hot 'hell planet' that is circulating a distant star and bares a giant lava ocean, making it far too toasty for human life

Guardian programs offer one example of how governments can work with Indigenous peoples

The data will help astronomers understand how the universe's oldest galaxies formed.

A routine spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station is called off after flight controllers notice a stream of liquid spewing from a docked spacecraft.

Achieving “carbon neutrality” is the crucial step along the road to “net zero” which includes the removal from Earth’s atmosphere of all “greenhouse gases”, including methane, nitrous oxide and other hydrofluorocarbons. Indispensable to creating sustainable environments, the health of the planet and the survival of the human race depend on…

Delegations from around the world are in Montreal for the China/Canada co-chaired event from December 7-19