Earth 'Nothing short of spectacular': ESA's Biomass satellite releases 1st views of Earth from orbit (photos) International Space Station Lightning from above | Space photo of the day for May 23, 2025 ...

The mission aims to collect samples from the near-Earth asteroid 2016 HO3 and explore the main-belt comet 311P.

The first photos of Earth from space by the NOAA/NASA GOES-16 satellite are simply spectacular. Take a look at the images in our full gallery here.

The images that astronauts take from on the ISS aren't only for enjoyment though. They can also be an important tool for scientific research.NASA has a program called Crew Earth Observations (CEO ...

The crew aboard the International Space Station has a window on Planet Earth. In this image an orbital sunrise beams across Earth’s horizon revealing silhouetted clouds above the South China Sea.

The Expedition 73 and Axiom Mission 4 crews spent their first of two weeks together conducting science aboard the International Space Station.

These rare pictures of Earth and the moon from space reveal a humbling truth: We live on a tiny, fragile rock that is hopelessly lost in the cosmic void.

Images of Earth from space are now so commonplace that it’s hard to fathom the pre-spaceflight era—a time when people were forced to use their imaginations instead.

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.

NASA spacecraft have captured a number of distant images of Earth, including a famous shot from billions of miles away. Here's our humble planet seen from deep space.

Before 1946, the highest pictures ever taken of the Earth’s surface were from the Explorer II balloon, which had ascended 13.7 miles in 1935, high enough to discern the curvature of the Earth.

China's Tianwen-2 probe has commenced its decade-long deep space mission, capturing a stunning image of Earth and the Moon ...