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 ...

Earth from space This 2013 astronaut photo shows a giant eye-shaped impact crater in the Sahara Desert that is slowly being circled by migrating sand dunes, helping researchers track how far these ...

Despite all the scientific progress we've made and the incredible explorations of our solar system we've carried out, space itself remains one giant mystery. From the potential for life to exist on ...

These images help to unravel the magnetic mechanisms driving the sun's behavior and shaping the space environment throughout ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has been back on terra firma for almost two months and he’s still able to dig out some awesome photos that he took during his half-a-year stay on the International Space ...

This is not good news for the future of our planet.

Ever seen a sunrise from the moon? These space images will leave you marveling at our planet and our universe. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET.

Since returning to Earth in April following a seven-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut and accomplished photographer Don Pettit has been sorting through the ...

A NASA astronaut drifting high above Earth recently managed to capture a rare phenomenon that scientists have been working to understand for about three decades. Known as a "sprite," the atmospheric ...

Earth from space A 2017 satellite photo captured three hurricanes — Katia, Irma and Jose — in a near-perfect line across "hurricane alley" in the Atlantic Ocean. Interestingly, the storms, which are ...