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Total Solar Eclipse Darkens North America
Published April 9, 2024
Satellites gathered striking views of the Moon’s shadow from above as observers on the ground were awed by the Sun’s corona.
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Darkened by the Moon’s Shadow
Published October 17, 2023
As the Moon crossed between the Sun and Earth during the 2023 annular eclipse, its shadow darkened skies across the United States.
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Small Gray Dots
Published January 1, 2023
A spacecraft designed to explore asteroids near Jupiter also looked back at Earth, acquiring distant views of our Moon and home planet.
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Orion Views Earth from Afar
Published December 7, 2022
Fifty years after Apollo 17 astronauts photographed the iconic “blue marble” image, cameras in space have again captured distant views of our home planet.
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Looking Around the Neighborhood
Published January 29, 2021
Two spacecraft designed to study the Sun also got some recent peeks at Earth and other planets.
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A GOLDen Look at the Ionosphere
Published December 26, 2019
Satellites are shedding new light on the invisible processes and rhythms at play at the intersection between Earth and space.
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An Eagle Takes Off for Home
Published July 20, 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.
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All of You on the Good Earth
Published December 24, 2018
These iconic photos are not new, but their message never gets old.
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Looking Back Across a Sea of Black
Published November 22, 2018
A spacecraft looked homeward while making its way to the asteroid Bennu.
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A Cubic View of Earth
Published May 28, 2018
The MarCO-B CubeSat snapped its first photo on May 9, 2018, and caught a glance of home.
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Right Here, Right Now
Published December 31, 2017
OSIRIS-REx took a look back at home while making its way toward the asteroid Bennu.
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Cassini’s Final View of Home
Published April 29, 2017
As the spacecraft headed into its last days, it sent back this image of Earth framed by Saturn’s rings.
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