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 White House and NASA released imagery captured by the cameras of the four astronauts of the Artemis II mission.

Earth appears dirtier in NASA's recent photos compared to images from the 70s, but is pollution to blame? The answer is much simpler. (NASA)

The Nikon D5's still-unbeaten low-light performance and proven build quality made it NASA's choice for the Artemis II mission's most important photographs.

During the mission's loop around the moon, the crew took geological observations of places of interest on the lunar surface, snapping thousands of photos of the surface.

The first new images of the entire Earth from space are causing discussions. All it takes is a good photographer and camera.

NASA’s four Artemis astronauts swung behind the moon and are headed home, in a journey that shattered space travel distance records and brought people the closest they’ve been to the lunar surface in more than 50 years.

NASA's Artemis 2 mission brought astronauts to the moon on Monday (April 6), and the implications are far-reaching both scientifically and emotionally.