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Mother Earth, Gaia, the third rock from the Sun - whatever you call it, this 4.5 billion-year-old planet is the one that we and all known living creatures call home.

A "super-Earth" planet found outside of our solar system could have conditions suitable for life, according to experts at the University of Oxford. Researchers said the planet has a mass six times ...

“There’s nowhere else on earth with so many untold stories,” says Planet Earth ... “Above the Clouds,” airing February 1. 3. Birds eating icicles in Japan. “The shots are of ...

Astronomers discovered supersonic winds on a giant gas planet located over 500 light-years from Earth. In a study released Tuesday in Astronomy & Astrophysics astronomers who have been studying ...

Vast deserts, dense jungles, polar landscapes, and tropical seas are explored in the journey across the biggest continent, Asia.

Earth is home to some truly bizarre and breathtaking landscapes — here are 20 that look straight out of an alien world. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Fans of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies can soon own all six movies in a single box set thanks to the upcoming The Middle-earth 6-Film 4K Blu-ray Collection ...

This is not a drill. There is a chance - albeit a small one - that an asteroid could hit planet Earth within the next decade. The 2024 YR4 asteroid set off automated asteroid warning systems after ...

Feb. 19, 2025 — Arctic glaciers are leaking significant amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Glacial melt rivers and groundwater springs are transporting large volumes of methane from ...

A super-Earth ... 18.3 and 89.6 days, respectively. These were discovered in 2011 by a team of Geneva astronomers including Dumusque. At the same time, the team found evidence for a third planet ...

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