Here's a look at some of the best recent photos astronauts on the International Space Station have taken of Earth from about 250 miles high.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A photo taken in 1968 by astronauts aboard the Apollo 8 sparked the first-ever Earth Day. As I watched the Artemis II send back ...

Astronauts and robotic spacecraft have been capturing profound photos of Earth for decades. Earth Day is an annual celebration on April 22 focused on environmentalism and conservation. Iconic images ...

NASA is looking not to the stars but back to our planet for inspiration. In honor of Earth Day, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center shared an interactive digital tool turns satellite images of the planet’s ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has ...

As Nasa’s Artemis II mission completed its lunar flyby, the astronauts sent back a stunning image of the colourful Earth setting behind the Moon. This breathtaking photo, called Earthset, draws ...

Saturn’s icy rings glow in this infrared view from NASA’s JWST, released on March 25, 2026. The rings are extremely bright because they are made of highly reflective water ice. In addition, Saturn’s ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured this sparkling scene of star birth in an image released on Sept. 4, 2025. Called Pismis 24, this young star cluster resides in the core of the nearby Lobster ...

In April, as the intrepid crew of Artemis II shot around the moon, NASA astronaut Christina Koch snapped a photograph of the distant Earth setting behind the lunar surface. It was an image with a ...

A photo taken in 1968 by astronauts aboard the Apollo 8 sparked the first-ever Earth Day. As I watched the Artemis II send back iconic photos of the blue planet more than 50 years later, I couldn’t ...