I'm posting this here instead of the A/V forum, because I'm more interested in the layman's general impressions than all the technical aspects... Anyway, with Planet Earth being on sale for $20 on DVD ...

About ten years ago, science writer Ferris Jabr started contemplating Earth as a living planet rather than a planet with life on it. It began when he learned that the Amazon rainforest doesn't simply ...

Duran Duran’s first single, “Planet Earth,” was on my mind this morning. At one point in the song, Simon Le Bon laments about there being no sign of life and asks if we can hear his concerns. As a ...

Astronomers spotted a potential Earth-size rocky world orbiting a white dwarf, suggesting a future in which our planet outlives its star. By Jonathan O’Callaghan In six billion years the sun will ...