The Latest Breaking News from Earth

It normally takes the earth exactly 24 hours to rotate once on its axis, but on June 29, a change was recorded.

China's Long March 5B rocket made an uncontrolled re-entry into Earth's atmosphere on July 30. Its debris are located in the Sulu Sea near the Philippines.

Jim Lovelock was a late bloomer. His first book, Gaia: a New Look at Life on Earth, was published in 1979 when he was already 60 years old. By the time he died last Thursday, on his 103rd birthday, he had written ten more books on Gaia, the hypothesis that…

Non-biodegradable microplastics are a scourge to life on Earth. MIT researchers see a partial solution in silk

Scientists say there are ample reasons to suspect global heating could lead to catastrophe

Wildfire is a phenomenon that has affected pretty much every vegetated environment on Earth for millions of years. However, during the past few decades, the planet has been experiencing extraordinary wildfire activity, with widespread devastation in diverse places such as the Mediterranean, North and South America, Southeast Asia, Australia and…

Scientists are baffled as to why the earth's rotation is speeding up

The Perseid meteor shower is one of the best shooting star displays of the year.

A team in Edinburgh are behind the most groundbreaking and scientifically important images captured of our universe to date. The Edinburgh Royal Observatory team talks about the James Webb Space Telescope, early STEM education, and Scottish innovation in an exclusive tour and interview.

Analysis: Reflecting a recent trend, 29 June was the shortest day on our planet since the 1960s. What’s going on?

Scientists say that around 565 million years ago, the Earth’s magnetic field strength fell to 10 percent of its strength today.