One Strange Rock

Astronaut Chris Hadfield reveals the unlikely and unexpectedly interconnected systems that allow life on our planet to breathe.

Ever wonder how our planet got here? It was born in a cosmic storm. The violence could have destroyed us, but instead it made us.

The epic story of Earth’s battle with the sun. Our star would wipe us out in an instant without the incredible planetary shields that protect us.

Our rock is special — it’s alive. Somehow our planet cooked up stardust and made life. But how did that begin and is it likely elsewhere?

It’s not enough for Earth to be habitable, it also has to be lethal for life to thrive. This is the story of how life evolved hand in hand with death.

Astronaut Chris Hadfield has seen the bullet holes left by asteroids on Earth’s surface. Our planet is vulnerable. Could we ever survive elsewhere?

For nearly 4 billion years, life has sculpted almost every part of Earth. But how exactly did life turn this once barren rock into a paradise?

Is there another planet like ours out there and would it also be packed with life forms like Earth’s?

Of all life on Earth, we’re the only ones with the smarts to leave our planet. How did our planet make us so intelligent?

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson returns home to planet Earth an icon, with 665 days spent in space. But just how strange is this rock? Are we alone?