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Last year, journalists with the environmental-news nonprofit Mongabay used a free AI tool, called Earth Index, to analyze satellite images and spot potential airstrip sites across vast stretches ...
The ISS orbits the Earth at around 250 miles above the surface, giving astronauts there an incredible view of the planet below. But there's an art to capturing a gorgeous view of our planet as ...
Telescopic images of the Soviet Cosmos 482 Venus descent craft in Earth's orbit taken by satellite tracker Ralf Vandebergh of the Netherlands. (Image credit: Ralf Vandebergh) Parachute speculation ...
Earth’s Largest Camera Takes 3 Billion-Pixel Images of the Night Sky By Jonathan Corum and Kenneth Chang Photographs by Marcos Zegers June 19, 2025 Share full article ...
A Chilean space telescope has captured striking images of YR4 2024, the “city-killer” asteroid that’s potentially on a collision course with Earth.
Lorenzo Poli was awarded the Earth Photo 2025 Award for his series “Autophagy” which documents the Chuquicamata mine in Chile, one of the world’s largest and deepest open-pit copper mines.
NASA Odyssey orbiter snapped a first-ever image of a Mars volcano peeking above clouds before dawn. It’s twice as tall as Earth’s largest volcano.
20 unforgettable images of Earth’s animal kingdom '10 Years of Remembering Wildlife' raises money for conservation efforts. Popular Science Team Apr 26, 2025 1:00 PM EDT ...
This image combines 678 separate images taken by NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in just over seven hours of observing time. Combining many images in this way clearly reveals otherwise faint or ...
These images were captured during Planet Labs’ routine scan of the globe. Mt. Taranaki, New Zealand, captured March 16, 2022 Mt. Taranaki, New Zealand, captured March 16, 2022.