The Latest Breaking News from Earth

X-flare eruption hints at the return of the powerful sunspot group behind May's solar storms. Watch the solar eruption here.

The monster sunspot responsible for May's vibrant auroras will soon be facing Earth again. Here's when to be alert for the next display of northern lights on the nights close to June's new moon.

Two of the four science instruments aboard the Voyager 1 spacecraft are now returning usable data after months of transmitting only gibberish, NASA scientists have announced.

First we make the weapon, then we blow up the planet, and nothing unexpected or bad will happen. Right?

Geological research has proven that Earth is several billion years old. This information has been compiled through a variety of scientific processes.

The incoming comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS might become as brilliant as Venus during its close approach to Earth this fall, potentially making it visible to the naked eye.

SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida on Tuesday morning (May 28).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jElbMaWkB80 In Flanders Fields is of course well known to many English speakers: In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below…. I was reminded of this…

With La Nina conditions evolving in the Pacific and near-record warm waters in the Atlantic, scientists expect the 2024 hurricane season to be a busy one.

An innovative telescope design has proven successful for daytime skywatching, opening new doors for uninterrupted observation of the cosmos.

In 2018, satellite images captured a stunning spiral of cyanobacteria blooming in the Baltic Sea. The swirling mass of microbes helped to create a massive "dead zone" the size of West Virginia that starved the surrounding water of oxygen.