The first 360-degree cameras sent to space have captured incredible, high-definition images of Earth like never before seen.

The claim: The first photo of Earth's curvature was taken on April Fools' Day, 1960 A March 9 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) features an image of the Earth taken from outer space.

On Earth, the magnetic field of our planet points a compass north, but in space, things are a bit more complicated.

From the very first color image of Earth, to the stunning Earthrise captured from the lunar surface, check out these 7 iconic NASA Earth images clicked from outer space.

From the first photo of the Earth from space to the farthest image taken 3.7 billion miles away, see what our planet looks like from afar.

Could cosmic radiation from space be quietly altering the DNA of Earth’s wildlife? Some scientists believe these high-energy rays may be behind strange mutations seen in animals across the globe ...

Astronauts Whose Return to Earth Was Delayed Make the Most of Their Holiday Season with Festive Photo from Space Suni Williams posed while wearing Santa hats in a photo shared by NASA’s Johnson ...

Astronaut Nichole Ayers recently witnessed a phenomenon known as a sprite from the International Space Station.

NASA rockets have successfully breached the Earth’s atmosphere and entered outer space numerous times since the agency was founded in 1958.

From defunct satellites to rocket parts, debris from everything humans have launched into space since the 1950s is orbiting the Earth. That space junk is threatening our technology, both up there ...

On Sept. 18, 1977, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a photo of Earth and the moon. It was the first time both the Earth and the moon were captured in a single frame. At the time, Voyager 1 was ...

From the first picture proving that Earth was indeed spherical, to the first color image clicked from the lunar surface, check out these 7 historic images of Earth captured from outer space.