On Christmas Eve in 1972, humanity received a gift: A portrait of the Earth as a vivid globe. Clouds swirl over the vast African continent and south polar ice cap, all set against the deep blue of our ...

NASA's exploration robots have rumbled around Mars, swooped around Saturn, and flown well beyond the planets, into interstellar space. But the space agency's engineers often direct their machines to ...

The striking colour image, headlined on scientific bulletins, showcased features that monochrome, black-and-white photos simply could not reveal.

“The Blue Marble” is the first fully illuminated photograph of Earth taken from outer space in 1972 by the Apollo 17 crew as they made their way to the moon. Though blurry and partial images of Earth, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On Feb. 14, 1990, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft captured one of the most iconic photographs of the ...

Feb. 14 (UPI) --An iconic NASA photograph of Earth, taken from the Voyager 1 spacecraft in 1990 and known as the "Pale Blue Dot," received an upgrade on its 30th anniversary. The new version uses ...

The photo shows Earth as it truly is — a lonely outpost of life in an incomprehensibly vast cosmos. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...