Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. ESA's Hera spacecraft ... instrument snapped this look at Earth and the moon (top ... [+] right). The Thermal Infrared Imager also ...

Maybe future humans will be Martians who will never set foot on Earth. While certain ultra-wealthy space entrepreneurs claim Mars colonization is right around the corner, this could be a more long ...

but astronauts get to look at Earth from the stars. The crew on the International Space Station use their cameras to show off the world from 260 miles above. The metropolitan cities are easier to ...