Planet Earth

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 prototype of a CubeSat adrift in Earth's orbit for testing

Everyday science

Science’s cutting-edge: seven ideas you should know about in 2021

UK flooding could increase by 15-35 per cent by 2080 © Getty Images

UK flooding could increase by 15-35 per cent by 2080

A graphic introduction to human history © Getty Images

A graphic introduction to human history from Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens

Antarctica: An icy time machine © Alamy

How Antarctic ice can help us travel back in time

2020 was the second-hottest year on record, Met Office says © Getty Images

2020 was the second-hottest year on record, Met Office says

Who really found the continent of Antarctica? © Getty Images

Who really found the continent of Antarctica?

How small would the Earth have to be for us to feel it spinning? © Getty Images

How small would the Earth have to be for us to feel it spinning?

Rewilding: Can it save our wildlife and temper climate change? © Alamy

Rewilding: Can it save our wildlife and temper climate change?

Rare ant rescued from brink of extinction with help of DIY conservation tools ©John Walters/Buglife/PA News

Rare ant rescued from brink of extinction with help of DIY conservation tools

World’s most threatened orangutan species ‘in more trouble than previously thought ©Andrew Walmsley, PA News

World’s most threatened orangutan species ‘in more trouble than previously thought’

In pictures: Sir David Attenborough's new series A Perfect Planet © Silverback Films/Grab/BBC

In pictures: Sir David Attenborough’s new series A Perfect Planet

Tara Shine, Chris Jackson and Helen Czerski in the Royal Institution Theatre © Paul Wilkinson Photography

Air pollution, climate change and optimism: Tara Shine’s Royal Institution’s Christmas Lecture

Helen Czerski in the Royal Institution Theatre © Paul Wilkinson Photography

Oceans, physics and virtual audiences: Helen Czerski’s Royal Institution Christmas Lecture

Panning shot of a Dalmatian Pelican. Its tough, but so worth it when it turns out well. This shot was taken with 1/30s, f/8.0, and ISO 800 at 80mm.

Swift Pelican wins top Ecology Photo Prize

Chris Jackson in the Royal Institution Theatre © Paul Wilkinson Photography

Volcanoes, climate change and rock records: Chris Jackson’s Royal Institution Christmas Lecture