The Latest Breaking News from Earth

Life on Earth owes its existence to photosynthesis – a process which is 2.3 billion years old. This immensely fascinating (and still not fully understood) reaction enables plants and other organisms to harvest sunlight, water and carbon dioxide while converting them into oxygen and energy in the form of sugar.

Authorities in Haiti say that three people have been killed when a 4.9 magnitude earthquake struck the south of the country

Ice-free summers inevitable even with sharp emissions cuts and likely to result in more extreme heatwaves and floods

Captain America: New World Order has undergone a new change – and it might give us an idea of what the film's plot will entail.

Humans rely on the ocean for many things, including food, jobs, recreation and stabilization of Earth’s climate. But although ocean resources may seem infinite, human impacts like pollution, overfishing and climate change are creating what United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called an “ocean emergency.” Climate change is pushing ocean…

Statistics show that women are better astronauts than men, but gender diversity is key to a successful Mars mission, experts say.

Narrow 11,000-metre shaft will reach the Earth’s crust to study internal structures as China seeks to explore new frontiers

Rise of the Beasts continues to forge a path down a kinder and gentler, but still action packed road that we’ve seen take hold in recent years.

A robotic SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule arrived at the International Space Station early Tuesday morning (June 6).

Look North as the stars appear in June and July to have a chance of seeing rare noctilucent (or 'night-shining') clouds with the naked eye.

Plants existed on Earth for hundreds of millions of years before the first flowers bloomed. But when flowering plants did evolve, more than 140 million years ago, they were a huge evolutionary success.