NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Chandra X-ray Observatory combined their efforts to look at the Bullet Cluster in a new way, enabling scientists to precisely map the cluster's dark matter.
Exceptionally talented commercial and fine art photographer Andrei Duman has spent years working on his fantastic X-ray photo series. The series, Beyond the Surface: The Art of X-Rays, is now on display in a massive exhibit at the world-famous Griffin Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) in Chicago. It is the culmination of years of dedicated work, and Duman spoke with PetaPixel about the honor and his project as a whole.
Apple filed a fascinating image sensor technology patent last month, which describes a stacked image sensor with vast dynamic range and very low noise.
While studying photography at university, Claudio Piccoli became fascinated by capturing his family's agile border collie as it jumped and played. It inspired him to explore the world of action dog photography and he has not looked back since.
When we think of fireworks, most of us picture familiar, vibrant bursts of color lighting up the night sky, each explosion a momentary spectacle in a blossom of color. But for photographer Bryan Szucs, fireworks aren’t just about capturing a fleeting display, they’re a chance to defy convention and create something abstract, unpredictable, and uniquely beautiful.
In a notable addition to its growing catalog of budget-friendly yet capable manual lenses, 7Artisans has officially announced its new 10mm f/3.5 ultra-wide-angle lens for APS-C mirrorless cameras.
The Nikon Z8's feature-packed firmware update 3.0 is now available, but photographers with Tamron Z-mount lenses may want to hold off on the update, as Tamron has confirmed that the new firmware update negatively affects the performance of at least some of its lenses.
For the first time, scientists have recorded footage of two wild killer whales, also known as orcas, engaging in behavior that resembles kissing.
Pick up a dusty old lens from a flea market, an estate sale, or even your own forgotten storage bin, and you might notice something strange glinting beneath the surface of the front element: delicate white threads, odd patterns like spiderwebs or frost creeping across the inside of the glass. That eerie substance is lens fungus -- an unwelcome guest in the world of photography that quietly invades optical systems, thrives in darkness and moisture, and, if left untreated, can cause permanent and costly damage to your equipment.
The DJI Power 2000, the company's latest portable power solution, is extremely powerful and can be expanded to a whopping 22,528Wh. When expanded, it has enough power to charge a typical DJI drone 24 times, a laptop nearly 20 times, and a digital camera 118 times.
In March, unusual tech company Nothing, announced the Nothing Phone 3a. Now, just months later, the flagship Nothing Phone (3) has arrived. It features four 50-megapixel cameras and a $799 price tag, making it Nothing's first true flagship phone.
Over the last couple of years, the number of computers, headphones, cameras, and portable batteries that charge with USB-C that I've acquired has ballooned substantially. I've resorted to using batches of individual USB-C plugs cobbled together in my aging infrastructure, but it's an inelegant solution. That's where the UGreen Nexode came in.
Wedding photographers typically just bring their gear to the big day -- but one couple expected theirs to bring a whole lot more than just a camera.
It is the film Charlie Chaplin never wanted audiences to see that has been painstakingly restored to 4K for a project that has taken literal decades to complete.
U.S. senators voted to strike down a proposed 10-year ban that would have blocked states and local governments from creating their own AI regulations, dealing a major setback to tech companies that claimed such legislation would hinder innovation.
In Somerset, Kentucky, crowds have been gathering to watch a General Lee car jump over a fountain. However, the stunt almost ended horrifically for one cameraman.
The James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) latest target is Messier 82 (M82), also known as the Cigar Galaxy. The nearby galaxy is five times more luminous than the Milky Way. It has previously been photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope, providing a great way to measure the two active space telescopes against each other.
The digiKam team has announced the official release of digiKam 8.7.0. The major update for the free open-source digital photo manager promises significant improvements to face management capabilities, GPU processing, AI-driven tools, and overall system performance.
Sony's $25,000 Burano 8K digital motion picture camera is an absolute beast of a cinema camera. Sony has significantly improved the camera via firmware updates, and more are in the works. The company has also addressed a color reproduction complaint via free new hardware, which is unusual.
The W. Eugene Smith Fund announced it is now accepting applications for its 46th annual Grant in Humanistic Photography which will provide more than $67,000 in total grants, with the top honor receiving $30,000.
The Huawei Pura 80 Ultra is a fascinating smartphone. It features a clever lens-swapping system, a large 50-megapixel image sensor, and promises the best dynamic range of any smartphone.
Award-winning photographer Kane Hibberd will debut his highly anticipated exhibition Scale, a world premiere that showcases a remarkable collection of life-sized photographs, capturing 100 legendary guitars that have shaped the history of modern music.
AI has an image problem. Hollywood won't admit to using it -- even though it is. Copyright battles are taking place in law courts, and things aren't going well for creators.
The Honor 400 is a mid-range phone that is as much a showcase of the company’s AI features as it is about mobile photography.
Joanna Steidle from the United States has been crowned the inaugural winner of the International Aerial Photographer of the Year competition.
Nikon Z8 firmware version 3.0 has arrived. Announced in early June, the major firmware update gives the Z8 the world's first pixel-shift high-resolution shooting mode equipped with focus shift and AE bracketing.
Imagen, the AI-driven post-production platform for photographers, has launched the Profile Shop, a new digital marketplace featuring AI editing profiles. Through the new marketplace, seasoned photographers can monetize their curated styles, and up-and-coming photographers can more easily develop a personal style all their own.
CineStill has announced CS Negative+ Convert Tools, a free set of tools that integrate into Adobe Creative Cloud apps that promise to deliver true-to-film color with fast results, straight out of camera.
After declaring bankruptcy in 2012, Kodak has bounced back to respectability in large part thanks to a resurgence in film photography. But that's not the only reason.
Photographer Alan Schaller has announced Irys, a new social media network geared toward photographers that has been set up as a response to big tech firms burying photos in their algorithms.
