The "Blue Marble" is an image of Earth taken on December 7, 1972 as the Apollo 17 crew made its way to the moon. It's a detailed image of our planet, against the inky black void of space.

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.

With the discovery of more than 5,600 planets orbiting other stars and images from robots we have sent to all the planets in our solar system, it is becoming abundantly clear that Earth is unique ...

Most images of the Earth show the Northern Hemisphere of the planet, as this half of the globe is home to 68% of all land. However, the majority of the Earth's surface is covered by water - in ...

The first images of Earth, though low-resolution and ghostly, arrived at a time when space and defense technology was rapidly advancing. Here are the first images ever taken of our humble planet.

Taken 50 years ago on Wednesday, the “Blue Marble” has become one of the world’s most widely reproduced photographs — and an icon of the environmental movement.

The giant blue planet appears as a shiny blue dot from Saturn. The image was captured from 898 million miles away. The blue dot, indicated by an arrow, is Earth, whereas the Moon is seen just to ...

A distinctive blue and green image of Earth reveals our planet's most remarkable features. At 4.54 billion years old, our home world is a venerable object. But it was only with the arrival of the ...

Earth and the moon have shared an intimate bond for at least 4.5 billion years, making the two bodies one of the most successful power couples in our planet's history.

Photo: Russell Curr - Life Framer Planet Earth. This image of a lonely tree thriving in a drought-stricken Australian landscape symbolizes the resilience of the natural world and the innate ...

The first photos taken of Earth by humans during the Apollo missions have become some of the most reproduced of all time, and 50 years later, their power and influence remain. Still, the "Blue ...

The giant blue planet appears as a shiny blue dot from Saturn. The image was captured from 898 million miles away. The blue dot, indicated by an arrow, is Earth, whereas the Moon is seen just to ...