It wasn’t a glossy colour postcard or a carefully planned shot. Instead, it was a grainy black-and-white image, sent across space in 1966, that completely transformed how humanity saw itself. On ...

A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off on Monday night, sending four amateur astronauts on an unprecedented journey around Earth’s poles. The mission is traveling where no crew has gone before, and SpaceX just ...

A group of astronauts whizzing around Earth from orbit are getting some pretty spectacular views of our planet's poles – and SpaceX is sharing a look. The four international astronauts are on a 3-5 ...

On August 23, 1966, NASA’s Lunar Orbiter 1 captured the very first photograph of Earth from the vicinity of the Moon, showing our planet as a delicate crescent rising above the lunar horizon. While ...

New images from ESA's Biomass satellite reveal forests, volcanoes, deserts and glaciers in striking detail, hinting at what's still to come. VIENNA, AUSTRIA — An exclamation of awe, excitement and ...

SpaceX has once again launched its breathtaking cupola into orbit, offering astronauts an unrivaled view of Earth and space. First introduced during the Inspiration4 mission in 2021, the dome-shaped ...

"Capturing another satellite like this in an Earth-observation image is extremely rare." One of SpaceX's broadband-beaming Starlink satellites has been captured overflying a top-secret airbase in ...

After 20 years, being able to look at any corner of the planet in Google Earth doesn’t seem that impressive, but it was a revolution in 2005. Google Earth has gone through a lot of changes in that ...