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ALT Front cover of the Astrobiology Graphic Histories: Issue #9. The cover shows a series of planets representing disciplines of astrobiology. In front is geology, a rocky planet with volcanoes. An ocean world is half ice, half water. A microbial planet is a ball of cells. Chemistry is a ball of molecules.
ALT On this week’s #HWHAP, hear never-before-released recordings from the Artemis II crew’s lunar flyby as lunar scientists Juliane Gross and Aaron Regberg unpack what the astronauts saw and why it matters. Credit: NASA
ALT This photo of a crescent Moon and crescent Earth was taken by an Artemis II astronaut during lunar flyby on flight day 6. This captures one of the final moments before their loss of signal with Earth as the Orion spacecraft flew around the far side of the Moon, reemerging and regaining contact approximately 40 minutes later. The gray cratered surface of the Moon is illuminated on the side that is closest to Earth. The illuminated side of the Moon and the illuminated side of Earth stand out against the blackness of space. Credit: NASA
ALT A view of the Moon from space, showing its crater‑covered surface in deep shadow along the lower half and illuminated along the top. Just above the lunar horizon, a thin blue crescent of Earth rises against the blackness of space, creating a striking contrast between the gray, textured Moon and the glowing curve of Earth.
ALT Close-up of the DAVINCI probe engineering model, a rounded metallic vessel about the size of a yoga ball, before heat testing. Credit: NASA/Mike Guinto
ALT Reddish-brown, dry, dusty Martian surface with a round imprint in it. The view is speckled with irregularly-shaped lighter patches, some of which have a greenish tint.
ALT Reddish-brown, water-smoothed rock with small, pale orange lumps and gray-greenish spots. Snail shells sit in water at the slab’s edge. A rock hammer’s head extends from “top” to “bottom” of the rock in this overhead view, indicating that the whole image covers an area smaller than a placemat.
ALT Three people, dressed for outdoor work, smiling and holding up plastic bags with samples of reddish rock inside. In the background is a vivid green hillside under a blue sky.
ALT Scientists at work on a rocky edge of Scotland, with blue sky and sea in the background. Three people are atop a tall-looking, layered cliff with a puddle of water trapped on it. One is down below, leaning over another layered rock formation.
ALT Mostly black space, most of Earth visible at the top right of the image. Part of a spacecraft visible on the left.
ALT Part of the island of Madagascar in black and white.
ALT A crescent Moon, with about a quarter of the Moon showing. Many craters are visible.
ALT The Worm Moon rises over New Orleans on the evening of March 13, 2025. The full Moon glows against a deep blue sky, framed by dark, out-of-focus tree branches in the foreground. Credit: NASA/Eric Bordelon
ALT A black, cone-shaped spacecraft reentry capsule sits upright, with its pointed end stuck slightly into the wet sand of a desert plain dotted with low green shrubs. Pale mountains rise in the distance beneath a clear blue sky. The capsule appears intact after landing, standing out against the light-colored, sandy terrain.
ALT Closeup of Neptune where the planet takes up 3/4 of the frame. Storms and clouds are visible on this bluish gas giant.
ALT A desert landscape seen from directly above. The left side of the frame is filled with layers of light-toned rock and pits filled with dark sand. On the right, below a cliff, is more dark sand windblown into a rippled pattern. NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
ALT Images from NASA's EPIC (Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera) aboard the NOAA mission DSCOVR (Deep Space Climate Observatory) show Earth on the December and June solstices and the March and September equinoxes, illustrating how the tilt of Earth’s axis shifts the continent’s apparent positions through the year. NASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison
ALT A panoramic view of a desert landscape with reddish rocks and sand and low hills in the distance. At the center-right of the frame, rover tracks can be seen.
