The Latest Breaking News from Earth

The Blue Moon of August 2023 rises on Aug. 30, offering skywatchers a second chance to catch a supermoon alongside Saturn in the night sky.

How humanity responds to the first contact with intelligent alien life could determine the very fate of our species. Here's what we can learn from history.

Skygazers around the world are getting a special treat as the Perseid meteor shower displays its "shooting stars."

Luna-25, Russia's first moon lander since 1976, beamed back images of Earth and the moon on Aug. 13 while heading toward lunar orbit.

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Read our guide for how to watch Solar Opposites season 4 online and live stream every episode of the Hulu sci-fi comedy from anywhere – including the US, UK, and Australia – now.

The idea of space-based solar power (SBSP) – using satellites to collect energy from the sun and “beam” it to collection points on Earth – has been around since at least the late 1960s. Despite its huge potential, the concept has not gained sufficient traction due to cost and technological…

Since 2006, the amount of heat-trapping methane in Earth’s atmosphere has been rising fast and, unlike the rise in carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane’s recent increase seems to be driven by biological emissions, not the burning of fossil fuels. This might just be ordinary variability – a result of natural climate…

Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen's upcoming 'Huginn' mission to the International Space Station has gotten the stamp of approval from the Faroe Islands and Greenland.

Geophysical evidence suggests there is a massive, magnetized structure deep beneath Australia. Experts think it could be the remnants of the largest meteor crater on Earth.

Scientists say they've identified a potential living relative of the ancient microbe that gave rise to the "powerhouse of the cell."