Satellites gathered striking views of the Moon’s shadow from above as observers on the ground were awed by the Sun’s corona.
Published Apr 9, 2024
As the Moon crossed between the Sun and Earth during the 2023 annular eclipse, its shadow darkened skies across the United States.
Published Oct 17, 2023
A spacecraft designed to explore asteroids near Jupiter also looked back at Earth, acquiring distant views of our Moon and home planet.
Published Jan 1, 2023
Fifty years after Apollo 17 astronauts photographed the iconic “blue marble” image, cameras in space have again captured distant views of our home planet.
Published Dec 7, 2022
Two spacecraft designed to study the Sun also got some recent peeks at Earth and other planets.
Published Jan 29, 2021
Satellites are shedding new light on the invisible processes and rhythms at play at the intersection between Earth and space.
Published Dec 26, 2019
When the Apollo 11 astronauts left the surface of the Moon on July 21, 1969, they brought home samples of solar wind particles, lunar rocks and dirt, and a big helping of perspective.
Published Jul 20, 2019
These iconic photos are not new, but their message never gets old.
Published Dec 24, 2018
A spacecraft looked homeward while making its way to the asteroid Bennu.
Published Nov 22, 2018
The MarCO-B CubeSat snapped its first photo on May 9, 2018, and caught a glance of home.
Published May 28, 2018
OSIRIS-REx took a look back at home while making its way toward the asteroid Bennu.
Published Dec 31, 2017
As the spacecraft headed into its last days, it sent back this image of Earth framed by Saturn’s rings.
Published Apr 29, 2017
Earth-observing satellites follow the shadow of an annular eclipse.
Published Mar 2, 2017
A powerful telescope on a satellite orbiting Mars turned its gaze back on Earth.
Published Jan 21, 2017
The DSCOVR satellite captured the shadow of the Moon marching across Earth’s sunlit face.
Published Mar 11, 2016
Cameras on a lunar orbiter and some clever image processing techniques led to a new take on a historic image of the Earth and Moon.
Published Dec 25, 2015
Storms and a lunar eclipse are a few of the phenomena visible in animations of Earth’s full disk.
Published Dec 16, 2015
The Deep Space Climate Observatory captured a unique view of the Moon as it passed between the spacecraft and Earth. The Artemis mission will soon take us back for closeups.
Published Aug 6, 2015
From one million miles away, the DSCOVR satellite returned its first view of the entire sunlit side of Earth.
Published Jul 21, 2015
The STEREO A spacecraft looked back from the far side of the Sun to capture an image of Earth and Mercury.
Published Feb 10, 2015
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this remarkable shot of Earth—with Mars in the distance.
Published Oct 11, 2014
Transcripts from the flight to the Moon capture some of the wonder and novelty of looking back at Earth.
Published Jul 21, 2014
The Curiosity rover on Mars looked up and saw home on the horizon.
Published Mar 9, 2014
In October 2013, NASA’s Juno spacecraft flew past the Earth to steal some energy for a ride to Jupiter. Along the way, it also stole some glimpses of home.
Published Dec 29, 2013
You know the photo, but do you know the story behind it? A new video explains the circumstances that gave rise to the famous Apollo “Earthrise” photo while recreating the experience with modern data.
Published Dec 24, 2013Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Water Snow and Ice Remote Sensing
On July 19, 2013, NASA spacecraft got not one but two rare and unique views of Earth from opposite ends of the solar system.
Published Jul 24, 2013
NASA’s STEREO-B spacecraft observed Comet PanSTARRS and Earth from the far side of the Sun in March 2013.
Published Mar 31, 2013
After 35 years, the Voyager 1 space probe is farther from Earth than any manmade object has ever flown.
Published Sep 5, 2012
Middle school students took this picture of our planet from the far side of the Moon in mid-March 2012.
Published Apr 8, 2012
Fifty years ago today, the first American to orbit the planet took this photo of home.
Published Feb 21, 2012
