On February 14, 1990, a distant spacecraft nearly 4 billion miles from Earth snapped a now iconic portrait known as the "Pale Blue Dot." In the image, Earth is smaller than a pixel, almost hidden amid ...

On this day 35 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a picture that changed how we see our planet. The iconic "Pale Blue Dot" image is just as awe-inspiring today. When you purchase through ...

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Thirty years ago, the Voyager 1 spacecraft snapped an iconic image of Earth, looking back at our planet as it stood alone in the vastness of space. In February this year, NASA released an updated ...

On Valentine’s Day of 1990, following fly-bys of Jupiter and Saturn and on its way out of the solar system, the Voyager 1 spacecraft looked back one last time at the planet whence it was launched. The ...

Valentine's Day is a big day for NASA, and it's not because all the scientists get chocolates and kisses. This Valentine's Day marks the 25th anniversary of some iconic images taken by NASA's Voyager ...

A humbling photo of Earth taken by the Voyager 1 probe from a distance of 3.7 billion miles has been reprocessed by NASA to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the image. On February 14, 1990, NASA’s ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Earth ...

Rather than embracing escapist fantasies of colonizing space, humankind needs to commit itself to saving the planet, expert says Every day seems to bring news of multiplying ecological disasters—fires ...