Satellite imagery provides a unique perspective on our planet and can encompass a wide ... Every week, we take a bird's eye view of Earth, and see how it affects the people living on it.

Indeed, in the cosmic images below you'll ... evidence of a once watery planet, snapped this historic image in 2004. "This is the first image ever taken of Earth from the surface of a planet ...

Accessible to anyone the world over, witnessing the majesty of the solar system, including the Milky Way, and its billions of ...

Photograph by Garcia Julien, Getty Images We also enjoy protection from Earth's magnetic field, generated by our planet's rotation and its iron-nickel core. This teardrop-shaped field shields ...

A close conjunction of Venus and the crescent moon were seen across the world this weekend. Here are the best images of one ...

Earth's population to top 8.09bn on New Year's Day – but global birth rate slows down ...

The first image of planet Earth was taken by astronaut Bill Anders aboard Apollo 8 as it made its way to the moon on December 24, 1968. Anders was joined by Jim Lovell and Frank Borman, the first ...

"In January, you'll have the opportunity to take in four bright planets in a sweeping view" said Preston Dyches of NASA's Jet ...

Alinda has made its closest approach to our planet in decades, and it's about to peak in brightness in a rare ...

Hans Zimmer shares the tracks that inspired him and his team to create the incredible, original soundtrack for BBC One's Planet Earth II. Would you have what it takes to capture the incredible ...