The photos, taken decades apart in 1968 and 2026, show Earth as it would be seen if you were standing on the moon. Take a look.

One photo of Earth, taken Thursday by Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman from the Orion window, shows the planet backlit, with auroras visible at the top right and bottom left, Lakiesha Hawkins, deputy director for NASA’s Artemis program, said Friday during a news conference.

Koch reflected on the nearly 10 days the Artemis II crew spent in space while attending an event in Houston, Texas

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.

The realizations on social media align with what researchers have long known about Earth's composition.

Gravity across Earth is pretty reliable. Drop a ball on the ground in England, fly to Australia, and drop the ball again, and you will find they fall to the ground at pretty much the same rate. But we stress "pretty much" for a reason: gravity across the planet isn’t entirely uniform,

An international team including the University of Bern (UNIBE) and the University of Geneva (UNIGE), members of the National Center of Competence in Research PlanetS, has succeeded in mapping the climate of rocky exoplanets with masses similar to Earth for the first time.

The four astronauts on the ship are returning back to Earth following a landmark 10‑day journey around the Moon.