NASA craft captures Earth and the moon from 1.5 billion kilometres away

Michael Passingham
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The scale of the universe hits home as the Earth appears as a tiny dot

We often wax lyrical on The Frontline, but today we're going to let an image do the talking. This image, taken by the NASA's Cassini spacecraft, captured Earth and its moon on 19 July from 900 mill...

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