The Latest Breaking News from Earth

Europe's Vega-C rocket successfully launched the Sentinel-1C Earth-observation satellite today (Dec. 5), bouncing back from a 2022 failure.

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Small asteroid was spotted just 12 hours before it struck

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 24 Starlink broadband satellites early Dec. 4. It was the 24th flight for the rocket's first stage, setting a new record.

An Indian PSLV rocket launched Europe's Proba-3 precision formation-flying mission to orbit early Thursday (Dec. 5) after a one-day delay.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope explores the evolution of spiral galaxy UGC 10043 through images taken 23 years apart, in 2000 and 2023.

New research suggests that tiny primordial black holes could be hollowing out planets and passing through everyday objects, maybe even you and your cat!

A tiny asteroid measuring some 27 inches (70 cm) wide was detected on a collision course with Earth above Siberia. It is expected to burn up harmlessly on the morning of Dec. 3, 2024.

Our Earth is home to an estimated 5.5 million species of insects, with only one fifth of these named. Considered as the most diverse animals, these creatures account for about 80% of them. Sometimes beautiful, often weird, but always fascinating, they offer immeasurable services to our ecosystems, alternately pollinating plants,…