The Latest Breaking News from Earth

Biodiversity is at a crucial point and pressure is growing on the international community to commit to new goals to protect it, Charis Palmer and Chris Bartlett.

Desperate to win the Space Race against the USSR, the US quietly recruited prominent engineers from Nazi Germany

Could the warp drive really help us boldly go where no man has gone before? Here's what experts say about Star Trek's physics.

Craft will take humans around the moon for its next mission, slated for 2024

It took an existential threat to turn a fifth-generation dairy farmer into an anti-government protester.

A successful return would pave the way for humans to return to the moon.

Inspired by the Antarctic heroes of Shackleton, Mawson and Scott, John Rymill set out to lead his own expedition. His "breakthrough" came when he learned from East Greenlanders how to survive in polar conditions, before he headed south.

The U.S. Air Force pilot who held the record for the highest parachute jump for more than 50 years has died

Top UFC featherweight contender Bryce Mitchell, who is in action on Saturday night, has continued to push for a debate with Joe Rogan on his flat earth conspiracy theory

Species are going extinct at an unusually high rate. Our efforts now will prevent a future too ghastly to contemplate, says Corey Bradshaw

The European Space Agency (Esa) recently announced a new mission of its science programme: a small telescope orbiting the Earth dubbed Arrakhis. But although its name is inspired by the sci-fi novel Dune, it will not be looking for sandworms or “spice” on a desert planet.