The Latest Breaking News from Earth

Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes

The satellite, which has been in space for 39 years, is expected to break up as it re-enters the earth's atmosphere, although some sections are likely to remain intact

Most of the 2,450kg (5,400lb) satellite will burn up in atmosphere but some pieces are expected to survive re-entry.

The Sinaloa Cartel was dealt a significant blow this week with the capture of Ovidio Guzmán. You know the name. The city of Culiacán descended into an orgy of retaliatory violence.

A bright green comet that has not been seen since the last ice age will be visible in Dallas/Forth Worth skies later this month.

A global loss of glaciers resulting in rising sea levels is far more substantial than previously thought, a study published Thursday in the journal Science reveals.

Cornwall is in the spotlight as the site of the UK's first ever space launch - we take a look at the UK tech firms behind the satellites making history

Humanity is now a ‘geological superpower’ and declaring a new epoch is critical to tackling its impact, scientists say

Plants have colonised the vast majority of the Earth’s surface. So what is the key to their success?

MORE than three-quarters of Earth’s glaciers may be gone by the end of the century if investment in fossil fuels continues and global temperatures…

In the latest instalment of Humanity’s Fucked: Half of Earth’s glaciers will be gone by 2100 even if every single nation meets its unlikely climate targets under the Paris Agreement.According to a new climate change report published on Thursday, 49 per cent of all the glaciers on the planet will…