which streams live views of our planet from space. It was activated on the station on April 30, 2014. [Read the Full Story] This view of Earth and its moon combines two images acquired on Nov. 20 ...

The Space Shuttle Endeavour's robotic arm hovers over Earth's horizon, backdropped by a starburst from the Sun. This photo was taken during the STS-77 shuttle mission in 1996. The Shuttle Radar ...

Since the first photos of our planet were taken from space, an amazing collection of Earth pictures has accumulated. Some are incredible because of the effort that went into making them ...

Earth from space A 2012 Google Earth photo captured a hill formation in Sudan that bears a striking resemblance to human lips. Not much is known about the unusual landmark, but researchers have ...

Most importantly, however, such images of Earth from space underscore our peculiar existence. Carl Sagan, an astrophysicist and popularizer of science, was born on November 9, 1934. He died on ...

Seeing our planet from orbit is, by all accounts, a truly remarkable experience. There’s even a phenomenon called the overview effect in which seeing the Earth from space can result in a ...

Seventy years ago today, humans took a photo of our home planet as seen from space for the first time. The image itself is unassuming. Taken from aboard a Nazi-built V2 rocket on Oct. 24, 1946 ...

This is not a genuine photograph of Earth from the moon but rather a digital composite of at least two different images ... small dot in the blackness of space above the flag, is a quarter ...

It may be hard to believe, but this is not a real image of Earth from space at night. Yes, this is northern Europe. But no, it is not a photo. Nope, not the real United Kingdom. They're computer ...

A novice photographer at the start, Peake experimented with different techniques and lenses, eventually becoming a pro at capturing earth images from space. The space station orbits the earth 16 ...