Just as well, then, that getting that out-of-this-world feeling without leaving the planet is easier to do than a Vulcan salute. How’s this for a space oddity?

Don't miss these stunning photos of the Earth's natural landscape, taken by the US Geological Survey's Landsat 8 satellite from its orbit in outer space. Our planet is a spectacular canvas. Price ...

By launching pieces of art into outer space, artists are reflecting on the experience of living on our planet, writes Devon Van Houten Maldonado.

It turns out that landscapes depicting Alaska's Denali and the surface of Mars look a lot like those of the scenery in the West. That was confirmed by the marvelous Far North & Outer Space, which ...

And yet, even before there were spacecraft to show us, in the 1940s and ‘50s, readers of magazines such as Collier’s, LIFE, and Sky & Telescope had a pretty good idea what kinds of scenery we ...

How’s this for a space oddity? Forty years have passed since the historic Apollo moon landing, and yet the prospect of space tourism remains as distant as ever. Just as well, then, that getting ...

The planet’s best unearthly landscapes Samantha Wilson, Lonely Planet. ... Cappadocia is outer space as it might have been imagined by Jim Henson: picturesque and endearing.

The planet’s best unearthly landscapes Samantha Wilson, Lonely Planet. ... Cappadocia is outer space as it might have been imagined by Jim Henson: picturesque and endearing.