The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's latest image combines the work of two different instruments that captured photos of a sparkling spiral galaxy and a prominent star more than 20 years apart. [Read More]
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An optical illusion has been making its rounds on the internet -- tripping people out when they are told that there is no human in the picture. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2025-01-30 20:21
A viral photo has internet users scratching their heads as an apparent image of Earth taken from space isn't what it seems. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-04-21 20:55
This mind-bending illusory street in Montreal, Canada is a real challenge to our senses. boredpanda.com »
2020-11-04 13:38
Photographer, computational biologist, and science presenter Andrew Steele just released a fascinating short video about his favorite optical illusion. By manipulating a function of your visual system, he shows you how you can trick your brain into “adding” color to a black-and-white image. petapixel.com »
2020-08-26 18:27
The photos have been taken in July 2017 at the beautiful Rakotz bridge in Kromlau park in Gablenz - Germany. The bridge is located in a public park. It’s been built in the 60’s of the 19th century. boredpanda.com »
2017-08-14 17:04
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured a giant star's final moments. The striking image looks like a swirling painting rather than a star's death throes, which are very long to human observers but a cosmic blink. [Read More]
For the first time, astronomers captured a zoomed-in picture of a dying star in a galaxy outside the Milky Way Galaxy, not only learning vital information about the nature of the Universe but demonstrating remarkable advancements in imaging technology. [Read More]
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has broken the record for the oldest galaxy ever observed by nearly 100 million years. The galaxy, called GLASS-z13, dates to just 300 million years after the big bang. [Read More]
The Hubble Space Telescope has set a new record: photographing a star that existed when the universe was just 7% of its current age. The star is the farthest away any has ever been photographed, and its light took 12.
Picture Instruments, a Germany-based software company known best for its plugins for Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom Classic, has released a new plugin that promises to create clean, detailed, ultra-sharp images with incredible depth by employing a technique used by the Hubble Space Telescope team.
Typically, when a celebrity is called out for posting a photograph without permission, they lash out or deny any wrongdoing. It’s so common we’ve almost come to expect it, which is why it’s such a nice change of pace to hear that New Zealand Rugby star Sonny Bill Williams actually apologized to the photographer after […]