Yet despite the drumbeat of evidence, we still know of just one planet in the cosmos with life — the one you’re standing on.

The first image of planet Earth was taken by astronaut Bill Anders aboard Apollo 8 as it made its way to the moon on December 24, 1968. Anders was joined by Jim Lovell and Frank Borman, the first ...

the images provide a way to dive into the history of the curious planet's climate history. Fascinating and beautiful. Only a lucky few astronauts will get to experience a view of the earth from ...

gives an almost complete view of the planet taken a week before the northern hemisphere's summer solstice. The swathes of blue dominating the image show that Earth's name is misleading: 70 per cent of ...

Photograph by Garcia Julien, Getty Images We also enjoy protection from Earth's magnetic field, generated by our planet's rotation and its iron-nickel core. This teardrop-shaped field shields ...

Hans Zimmer shares the tracks that inspired him and his team to create the incredible, original soundtrack for BBC One's Planet Earth II. Would you have what it takes to capture the incredible ...