All news on the topic: Planet Earth

The top 20 memories in TV include moments from Only Fools and Horses, Fawlty Towers, Britain's Got Talent and The Inbetweeners.

Veryovkina Cave is found in the Gagra mountain range in Abkhazia, descends 7,293ft into the Earth and is so large could eat up the Shard seven times over

A series of astronomical events will make sky observations more interesting this year as comets, supermoons, eclipses and a series of dramatic meteor showers light up our skies in special sky events

Scientists have warned there could be further disruption to communications around the planet from a solar flare, which is the biggest the Sun has produced in about six years

Producer Fredi Devas said that while filming for Planet Earth in Nepal, he was fascinated to see local people treating a rhino in a busy urban area with such respect

Getting to grips with the atmosphere of planets outwith the Solar System is no easy task, but researchers have found one with a very different atmosphere to Earth

The clips of the presenter will give a striking comparison of the current habitat in Uganda, East Africa, when they are aired in this weekend's episode

The legendary nature documentary maker is back on screens and as sharp as ever with the BBC's Planet Earth IIII while his 100th birthday is less than three years away

The Planet Earth camermen who didn't use a shark cage to film scenes for Sunday night's show say it was a 'privilege' to shoot the footage but perhaps did 'underplay the potential dangers'

Scientists believe that this discovery could change the way core material is studied as strange elements are found from historic lava in Baffin Island in Canada’s Arctic Archipelago

The third instalment of the landmark series took 1,904 days to film in 43 countries across six continents, but it opens closer to home with Sir David Attenborough in Kent

The veteran broadcaster has started filming his introductory scenes and recording the narration of the much-anticipated landmark wildlife series, due to air on BBC1 in the autumn

The global average temperature reached 17.18C according to the University of Maine in the US - with the milestone coming just one day after global average temperatures topped 17C

One in ten Brits have planned a trip away this summer based on their favourite film or TV show - from Planet Earth, to Emily in Paris

South Korean astronomer Bum-Suk Yeom has published an image of a huge sunspot that can be seen from Earth with a naked eye - but anyone who wants to look has been warned to use eclipse glasses

Research reveals that the Scottish are most likely to believe in aliens - even if they've never spotted one for themselves.

Incredible images have been released of an enormous 1,000-light-year-wide "superbubble" which surrounds planet Earth and was created by multiple supernova explosions

The 26ft asteroid will pass as close to Earth as the distance from London to Cairo and 10 times closer than satellites - and will be visible from our skies tonight

New published research suggests that the inner core of the Earth may now be rotation more slowly than the mantel over the past 10 years

There is a danger of a massive solar storm with the power of a billion hydrogen bombs following a huge explosion which sent out an 'X-class' flare last week, it has been reported