Our tiny blue planet has been immortalized in breathtaking images captured from the far reaches of space. These photographs, ...

Our circumstances here on the wondrous, life-supporting Earth can give us a false understanding of what the universe is ...

If Earth's life survives the Anthropocene, it will eventually face another existential threat from space. As the Sun brightens with age, it will inevitably interfere with our planet's finicky ...

Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander captures the Blue Marble while in Earth orbit approximately 6,700 km above the planet on January 23, 2025.

The venture, privately funded to start, is now run by the University of Arizona. And today, scientists there are quietly plugging away at research they hope will help us all adapt to the Biosphere ...

April 22 is traditionally known as Earth Day, the occasion where we pause as temporary travelers on our 'blue marble' to honor and respect our precious planetary home and its immeasurable beauty ...

Blue Ghost captured this image of Earth with the Moon below in the distance. Credit: Firefly Aerospace. The Blue Ghost mission launched on Wednesday, January 15, on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ...

Earth’s oceans may not have always been as brilliantly blue as they are today. In fact, there may have been a time when they weren’t blue at all. According to researchers at Japan’s Nagoya ...

Nearly three fourths of Earth is covered by oceans, making the planet look like a pale blue dot from space. But Japanese researchers have made a compelling case that Earth's oceans were once green ...