Did you know that our planet is rocketing around the sun at 67,000 mph? Or that it once had two moons? Here are some amazing facts about Earth.

When Pope Gregory XIII introduced the Gregorian calendar, 10 days disappeared. 4th October jumped straight to 15th October. People were confused, and some even believed their lives had been shortened.

The Northern Lights are most often seen near the North Pole, while the Southern Lights (aurora australis) happen near the South Pole. This is because Earth’s magnetic field is strongest at the poles.

In honor of Earth Day, the Giraffe Blog has put together 50 awesome facts about space, the atmosphere, the sea, and what's under the earth. It's an easy reminder that our Blue Marble is an ...

The Earth's interior is composed of four layers, three solid and one liquid—not magma but molten metal, nearly as hot as the surface of the sun. The deepest layer is a solid iron ball ...

Sound as we know it does not exist in space. That’s because, on Earth, sound mainly travels to our ears via vibrating air molecules. Because space is a vacuum, meaning there is no matter at all ...

We came across a superb infographic released by Giraffe, who are childcare and early learning specialists, which states 50 awesome facts about Earth. The first one that caught our eye is that ...