China just became the first country to achieve a soft-landing on the far side of the moon after its Chang’e-4 probe landed at 2:30 AM Universal Time today. And shortly after landing, the probe sent back this first photo ever shot from the surface of the “dark side of the moon.” The photo shows the […]
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Popular culture has always presented the image of cats as generally being slim and svelte. Peter Thorne breaks this stereotype by doing a photo project titled Fat Cats featuring portraits of plus size cats. thephoblographer.com »
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Photographer Navid Baraty captured this beautiful photograph of New York City reflected in the side of a skyscraper. Baraty, a freelance photographer based in Seattle, Washington, carefully framed the shot so that it would be a mirrored shot with symmetry on the two sides. petapixel.com »
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A lovable sloth named Gerard photobombed a major rocket launch in South America when he unexpectedly appeared on the livestream. [Read More]
NASA has released a stunning photo of fiery lava lakes glowing brightly on the surface of Io, one of Jupiter's moons.
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NASA's planetary defense Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) concluded earlier this week and the first photos taken by a small “mini photographer” spacecraft called the LICIACube have been published. [Read More]
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NASA will soon launch the Artemis I which will fly 40,000 miles beyond the Moon and back to demonstrate the capability of sending humans back to lunar orbit. To celebrate, NASA wants to see everyone's best moon photos in its #NASAMoonSnap campaign. [Read More]
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