Passing behind Saturn last Friday, NASA's Cassini spacecraft snapped a series of pictures showing the planet and its rings, including planet Earth as a "pale blue dot" 898 million miles away.

NASA's Cassini probe around Saturn will take a photo of Earth on July 19, and scientists are asking Earthlings to pose for the camera.

If the midweek hump has you in a contemplative spirits, this stunning image of Earth as pictured by the Cassini spacecraft from Saturn, 898 million miles (1.44 billion kilometers) away, may offer ...

NASA's Cassini spacecraft is poised to snap a dramatic portrait of Earth Friday, capturing a mosaic showing humanity's home in space as a pinprick of light just to one side of Saturn's spectacular ...

This simulated view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the expected positions of Saturn and Earth on July 19, around the time Cassini will take Earth's picture. Cassini will be about 898 million ...

Cassini, the NASA spacecraft whose breakthrough discoveries about Saturn and its many moons revolutionized the search for life beyond Earth, disintegrated Friday morning in the skies above the ...

Cassini shot of Saturn from Sept. 13, 2017. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute) That plunge is nearly upon us: The loss of signal indicating Cassini's death is expected at 4: ...

I n a stunning reminder of our place in the vastness of space, a remarkable image taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft shows Earth and its Moon captured alongside the awe-inspiring rings of Saturn ...

A good opportunity came on July 19, when Cassini was able to capture a picture of Earth and its moon, and this multi-image, backlit panorama of the Saturn system.

For a moment four years ago, the spacecraft Cassini watched Earth from 900 million miles away. The probe had ducked behind Saturn. There, shielded from the sun’s rays, the robot turned its de… ...

Cassini Spacecraft's Last Chapter Ended With a Suicidal Plunge Into Saturn Spacecraft remain the best lens with which humans have viewed the universe beyond Earth. These spacecraft are dedicated to ...

It’s time to get ready for your not-so-close-up. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft on the far side of Saturn will snap a long-distance portrait of Earth today between 2:27 p.m. and 2:42 p.m. PDT ...