The "pale blue dot" of Earth viewed from the deep solar system. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech. Perhaps the most poignant picture of Earth is also the smallest view of Earth.

That image is significantly remembered as a valuable scientific discovery that reminded us of Earth's position in the universe. Astronomer Carl Sagan popularised the image as the “pale blue dot”.

It wasn't until 1946 that humans first saw what the Earth looked like from space. These iconic images of our planet now include "Blue Marble," "Pale Blue Dot," and "Earthrise." The farthest is ...

Here's the original, 1990 image: The Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of Earth taken Feb. 14, 1990, by NASA’s Voyager 1 at a distance of 3.7 billion miles (6 billion kilometers) from the Sun.

On Valentine's Day 1990, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft snapped what would become one of the most iconic images ever taken: a view of Earth from 3.7 billion miles (6 billion kilometers) away.

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.

See that little dot up there, in the upper right of that photo? That’s the planet Earth, as photographed from about 3.7 billion miles away 35 years ago Friday, on Feb. 14, 1990.

An image captured by the Mars Express orbiter shows a view of our planet and its moon from orbit around the Red Planet, more than 180 million miles away. The image was released to commemorate the 20th ...

When searching for Earth-like worlds around other stars, instead of looking for the "pale blue dot" described by Carl Sagan, new research suggests that a hunt for dry, cold "pale yellow dots ...

"So, the Earth gets warmed during the day by the sun ... On future episodes of "On the Dot" we will continue to explore the problem of climate change and what we can do about it, looking at ...