GOES-16 observes Earth from an equatorial view approximately 22,300 miles high, creating full disk images like these, extending from the coast of West Africa, to Guam, and everything in between ...

A new book, “Earth from Space,” contains 150 satellite photos emphasizing the beauty, fragility of our planet.

Astronaut Paolo Nespoli took this photo of lightning on Earth at night as seen from the International Space Station on Dec. 30, 2010 Lightning and Lyrid Meteor as Seen from ISS NASA ...

Photos of Earth from space not only help scientists understand how a habitable world looks from afar, ... Africa is visible at the top left of the image, and Antarctica on the bottom. Source: NASA.

28 iconic photos of the Earth from space that will make you feel puny and insignificant. ... Africa is visible at the top left of the image, and Antarctica on the bottom.

After arriving at the International Space Station (ISS) in April 2021, European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet was quick to grab the onboard cameras and start snapping photos of Earth some ...

A recent satellite photo captured a giant comma-shaped cloud of "Saharan dust" being blown above the Atlantic Ocean. The hazy ...

Katia, Irma and Jose — in a near-perfect line across "hurricane alley" in the Atlantic Ocean. Interestingly, the storms, ...

From thunderstorm sprites to volcanic plumes, and city lights to meteors, the world appears a different place from 250 miles ...

The final image captured by the recently decommissioned Landsat 7 satellite shows how "Sin City" has nearly doubled in size ...

The photo was taken from about 105 kilometers (65 miles) above Earth by a rocket launched from the White Sands Missile Range long before Sputnik truly began the space age in 1957.

The images show in great detail a variety of landscapes from continents across the world, including South America, Africa and ...