NASA spokesperson Lauren Low told PolitiFact that one of the reasons Earth appears duller is because the new photo was taken at night, with only moonlight lighting the planet. The 1972 photo was taken in direct sunlight. The two images were also processed differently, she said.

A new Earthset image has been captured by the crew of Artemis II, 58 years since the iconic Earthrise photograph taken by the crew of Apollo 8. Over these past six decades, the climate has changed dramatically.

On April 6, Artemis II officially surpassed Apollo 13's record of the furthest distance humans have ever gone beyond Earth. That previous record, which was set in 1970, was 248,655 miles. Artemis II is on track to surpass that by several thousand miles, ultimately reaching a a maximum distance from Earth of 252,760 miles, according to NASA.

Earth may have won a cosmic chemistry lottery. Researchers found that during the planet’s earliest formation, oxygen had to be in an extremely narrow “Goldilocks zone” for two life-essential elements,

TOI-4616 b is an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting an M-dwarf that offers a strong benchmark for studying atmospheric loss and planetary evolution. Astronomers have identified a rocky exoplanet that may become an important reference point for future research.

An award-winning cameraman who worked on Planet Earth and Blue Planet has died while trekking in Nepal. Doug Allan, 74, was on a climbing trip in the South Asian country before his death on Wednesday. He worked alongside Sir David Attenborough for many years, following a chance encounter in 1981.

The Artemis II astronauts fielded questions during an in-space news conference Wednesday, April 8, aboard their Orion spacecraft Integrity.

Watch NASA's live update on the Artemis II mission the day before the astronauts are set to return to Earth.