July 20, International Moon Day, marked the 53rd anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. To celebrate, NASA released a video that revisits the mission's landing point on the Moon to reveal the astronaut's tracks are still there after all this time. [Read More]
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China’s National Space Administration has released color video footage from its Luna probe approaching and landing on the surface of the Moon. The Chang'e-5 craft filmed its own touch-down at the beginning of a two-day mission to collect samples of rock and soil on and 2m below the surface of the moon before rejoining the a re-entry module that is orbiting 200km above it. dpreview.com »
2020-12-04 17:35
Toy photographer Benedek Lampert recently teamed up with LEGO Hungary to recreate some of the most iconic photographs from the Apollo 11 mission in honor of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. The resulting images are truly impressive and are captured almost entirely in camera. LEGO Hungary got in touch with Lampert because they […] petapixel.com »
2019-09-30 22:26
Using the remarkable 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera (DECam), astronomers have made a 1.3-gigapixel image of the ghostly Vela Supernova Remnant. The beautiful, detailed, and colorful image is the largest DECam image ever at 35,786 by 35,881 pixels, putting even the highest-resolution medium-format interchangeable lens cameras to shame. [Read More]
Scientists captured eerie photos of a mysterious elephant burial -- that revealed how animals mourn and bury their dead in a poignantly similar way to humans. [Read More]
Nikon Inc. and NASA have entered into a Space Act Agreement to support NASA's Artemis mission program through the Handheld Universal Lunar Camera (HULC) development.
Google is working alongside the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) to better understand methane emissions and potential mitigations. [Read More]
In a research paper published today in Astronomy & Astrophysics, scientists have released the sharpest image ever of a black hole. [Read More]
The winner of the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition has been announced with a hidden microscopic world on an autumnal leaf taking home the top prize. [Read More]
Christian Spencer became well-known for his stunning photos of hummingbirds that show rainbows in their wings, it's a specialized technique of shooting the amazing birds, one which Spencer pioneered. [Read More]