NASA has announced that it has begun to assemble the Europa Clipper, an SUV-sized spacecraft that will sport solar arrays large enough to span a basketball court. It is scheduled to be sent off on its task to image Jupiter's icy moon in 2024. [Read More]
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The Euclid space telescope discovered something incredible in the Milky Way's cosmic neighborhood, a spectacular Einstein ring. [Read More]
One of the most significant milestones for any photography enthusiast or emerging artist is their first exhibition. That feeling of seeing their images blown up on the walls of a room, with people standing and observing your vision, can truly be satisfactory.
NASA astronaut Don Pettit is a prolific photographer, arguably the best to ever go to space. In a fun new video from aboard the International Space Station, Pettit shows how to change camera lenses in space, and photographers on Earth will surely be envious of Pettit's zero-gravity conditions. [Read More]
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have completed the most comprehensive survey of the Andromeda galaxy and created a 417-megapixel panorama. It took over a decade to make and includes more than 600 photos. [Read More]
For the first time, a Ring doorbell camera has captured the sight and sound of a meteorite crashing to Earth.
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The joint European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) BepiColombo mission performed its sixth flyby of Mercury yesterday, January 8, 2025.
The groundbreaking Dark Energy Camera (DECam) entered service in 2012 and served as the primary camera used for the Dark Energy Survey. The 570-megapixel camera, which features 74 total CCD image sensors, recently captured a dazzling photo of the Antlia Cluster (Abell S636), a group of at least 230 galaxies located about 130 million light-years from Earth. [Read More]