NASA puts it all in perspective with this image of Earth between Saturn's rings

Earth, photographed from 1.4 billion kilometers / 870 million miles away.Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute NASA's Cassini spacecraft will soonmeet its demise in Saturn's atmosphere, but one of its last photos of Earth is making for a heck of a swan song. The image, dated April 12, 2017, shows Earth as a bright white dot framed by the planet's rings. For comparison, it's about the same size as your standard speck of dust. Our entire planet. Cassini has been orbiting Saturn since 200...