The Latest Breaking News from Earth

In searching for planets and studying their stars, I’ve had the privilege to use some of the world’s great telescopes. However, our team has recently turned to an even larger system to study the cosmos: Earth’s forests.

Earth has been hit by radiation levels up to 100 times greater than the most intense solar storm ever recorded at least six times over the past 10,000 years, according to radiocarbon stored in tree rings.

This spacecraft got a good look at Earth on its way to Jupiter.

Christopher Richwhite and Bridget Thackwray had disappeared after entering Iran in July and had been prevented from leaving

You are more likely to take a trip to the Moon than to see a microbe called Legendrea loyezae under a microscope. Nasa’s Apollo programme has sent a total of 24 people to the Moon between 1968 and 1972. Only four people (including us) have ever found Legendrea loyezae from…

About a quarter of the Sun's light was blocked out across the UK on Tuesday in a partial solar eclipse.The celestial phenomenon happens when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun. Around a quarter of the Sun's disc was obscured over the UK in Tuesday's eclipse.The next partial…

Total darkness is expected in parts of the US for up to four minutes and 28 seconds — but what about in this country?

Scientists discovered when and where the Martian meteorite landed by examining a chemical substance called vomitoxin which infects crops and can make humans and pigs ill

The company behind the ForgeStar-0 wants to use outer space to transform manufacturing and lead a 'clean industrial revolution'

The Peter Tatchell Foundation said the campaigner was detained as he demonstrated against ‘one of the most homophobic regimes on Earth’.

In London, partial solar eclipse blocked out around 15% around 11am on Tuesday