The "Blue Marble" was the first photo of the whole Earth and the only ever taken by a human. Fifty years on, new images of ...

Green oceans on early Earth, shaped by iron, pushed microbes to evolve light-absorbing tools that worked in green light.

Pettit posted his striking footage on social media on Tuesday. The American astronaut used a wide-angle lens to get the entirety of the seven-window Cupola module in the video, using the panels to ...

The image shows part of the space plane, the blue marble of Earth and the darkness of space. "An X-37B onboard camera, used to ensure the health and safety of the vehicle, captures an image of ...

As the lander orbited the planet, it captured views of Earth that evoke the famous “blue marble” images taken during earlier ...

Widely acknowledged as one of the most widely distributed photographic images in existence, the "Blue Marble" was ...

There’s something about viewing Earth from space — the shift in perspective has for decades ... movement that led to the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. The 1972 Blue Marble image, taken by ...

On December 7, 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts captured a now-iconic image of Earth, sometimes called the “blue marble.” Our National Air and Space Museum explains how it became an inspiration and symbol ...

April 22 is traditionally known as Earth Day, the occasion where we pause as temporary travelers on our 'blue marble' to ...