Earth from space A 2022 satellite photo shows a shimmering trail of dried, chemically-enriched mud left behind by a torrent of wastewater that flooded a South African mining town, killing three ...

He also writes Live Science's weekly Earth from space series. More about comets Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS' 'near-death encounter' with the sun may have blown it apart, new photos suggest Rare comet ...

V-2 rockets launched from White Sands, New Mexico in the 1940s and returned the first photos of Earth from space. The rockets were launched on a suborbital trajectory.

Related: See all the best images of Earth from space A group of five barchan, or "horned," sand dunes can be seen in a zoomed-in version of the 2013 photo (see below). Over time, these arrowhead ...

NASA was formed in 1958 "to provide for research into problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere, and for ...

Related: See all the best images of Earth from space In the astronaut photo ... would not be strong enough to make the clouds look so real. But in this case, the orientation of the sun relative ...

Across his four space missions over the last 30 years, Pettit has earned a deserved reputation for his outstanding photography work, capturing sublime images of Earth and beyond. The advent of ...

As that description notes, the WorldView Legion spacecraft are capable of resolving features as small as 12 inches (30 ...

At the same time, NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured the launch in a long exposure from the International Space Station (ISS) some 250 miles above Earth. The result is a rocket-launch photo unlike ...

NASA Astronaut Don Pettit shared his stunning photographs from his view miles above the Earth on the International Space ...

This is the Yukon River Delta, in Alaska, seen from above. Earth from Space combines satellite images with footage on the ground, to give us (and scientists) a perspective on our home that we’ve ...