blue dot
Example Sentences
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Pacific time, the crew reached another milestone: At more than 248,655 miles from our pale blue dot, no humans have ever traveled farther from our home planet.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
One large blue dot at South Georgia island in the South Atlantic Ocean, for example, signifies 130,611 whale catches, most of them fin whales.
From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2023
It will come nearest to Earth in June 2024, when it will pass some 144 million miles from our blue dot.
From Scientific American • Jul. 26, 2023
“I’m nervous, but the image of the pale blue dot gives me courage. I just think of the moment as something occurring in that small little speck.”
From New York Times • May 9, 2023
The blue dot that marked her location was showing her inside the fire!
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
