Earth: The Most Fascinating Planet in the Universe? Even though we live on this planet, there’s still so much we don’t know!

A collection of down-to-Earth facts about our planet and its place in the solar system. This collection introduces the Sun as the main source of light and heat on Earth. It explains that the Earth ...

Rainforests in these regions cover just 2% of Earth's total surface area and yet house half of the world's plant and animal species. Deforestation is the clearing of forests. Most deforestation ...

A recently discovered, sizable asteroid may come within striking distance of Earth in less than eight years. But although the ...

Brr! But in sunlight near Earth, temperatures can swing to a boiling 250 degrees Fahrenheit. That's why astronauts wear reflective white spacesuits. Unimpeded, light can move at 299,792,458 meters ...

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Narrator: 4 and a half billion years ago, clouds of cosmic dust and gas which were orbiting the Sun collided into one another, creating the Earth, our planet, the home of mankind. It spins at 1000 ...

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Many statistics of Statistics Netherlands are also available at neighbourhood level. These statistics have been gathered here. You will need Google Earth (from ...