The Latest Breaking News from Earth

The asteroid, known as 2023 BU, will zoom 2,200 miles above the southern tip of South America - 10 times closer than most communication satellites circling overhead, and around the same distance as the UK to Cyprus

New published research suggests that the inner core of the Earth may now be rotation more slowly than the mantel over the past 10 years

I think all craters are cool, I’m just going to start with that. I am very biased.

The E3 comet, which was last seen from Earth during the Stone Age, is set to make its closest approach to the planet on February 1 and could become visible to the naked eye

The European Space Agency chief says he wants to rebuild Europe’s access to space following the botched launch of a European rocket carrying two Earth observation satellites last year and the delayed introduction of the Ariane 6 launcher

'How on earth can they say that this trip is for all pupils? Why Abu Dhabi at this cost?'

IRAS is a sometimes forgotten spacecraft that proved that infrared astronomy had a bright future.

Earth's inner core has slowed down — or is perhaps even lagging. Here's what this means for life on the surface

That humans originated in Africa is widely accepted. But it’s not generally recognised how unique features of Africa’s ecology were responsible for the crucial evolutionary transitions from forest-inhabiting fruit-eater to savanna-dwelling hunter. These were founded on earth movements and aided physically by Africa’s seasonal aridity, bedrock-derived soils and absence of…