Backyard Astrophotographer’s Images Play at the End of ‘Project Hail Mary’
A photographer has expressed his delight as his images of deep space objects appear in theaters worldwide during the end credits of Project Hail Mary.
Matt Growcoot spent ten years as a news photographer in the UK, carrying out assignments for the Guardian, the Daily Mail, the Telegraph, and many others. Aside from shooting breaking news and Premier League soccer, he began to write as well, getting bylines as well as photo credits. Matt has since produced photography-focused books for Penguin Random House and dabbled with video too, with his story-led camera work seen on the BBC, ABC, and NHK.
A photographer has expressed his delight as his images of deep space objects appear in theaters worldwide during the end credits of Project Hail Mary.
A cameraman caught a soccer fan pointing a laser beam in the face of a soccer player in Argentina -- and now she's been banned.
A High Court judge in London has found that a claimant gave evidence while using smart glasses to receive assistance during cross-examination, leading to the rejection of his testimony.
Runway has demonstrated a new AI video technology in which HD imagery is created in real time. While the technology could be an exciting development in the world of entertainment, others say it will make it even harder to spot fakes.
This week SpaceX passed an eye-watering milestone: it launched its 10,000th satellite into low-Earth orbit. The sheer scale of the devices whizzing around above humanity is unimaginable, but photographer Joshua Rozells is helping people see.
Occasionally, inexplicable fads break out, such as planking in 2011. In the 1920s, it was pole sitting -- a test of endurance that saw people sitting on top of flag poles for extended periods.
A Minnesota photojournalist is challenging a nationwide temporary flight restriction banning drone flights within 3,000 feet of Department of Homeland Security assets.
A team of artists and scientists sent an evocative sculpture to space to capture jaw-dropping footage of a human form dancing in the stratosphere.
Afroman has won a legal victory after police officers sued him over his use of security footage in a series of comedic rap videos showing an Adams County Sheriff’s Office raid on his home.
One year after his death, a digitally generated version of Val Kilmer is set to appear in an independent film titled As Deep as the Grave.
Alfie Cameras is getting ready to launch a new analog camera designed to teach people the entire process of photography. From shooting to printing, the new Boxx camera does it all.
The Professional Baseball Photographers' Association (PBPA) has announced the winning images and photographers for its third annual contest celebrating the best baseball images captured in 2025.
The U.K. government has stepped back from proposed copyright reforms that would have allowed AI companies to use copyrighted material without permission, marking a shift after strong opposition from the creative sector.
A new camera system used at major sports events is wowing audiences with its silky-smooth shots, with some viewers even praising the cameraman. The catch? There isn’t one.
A designer has built a fun camera that gets people outside and exploring the world around them.
On Monday (March 16), the Sun fired off a coronal mass ejection (CME) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) has now issued a geomagnetic storm warning for Thursday (March 19).
A Premier League soccer photographer captured the split-second moment Manchester City striker Erling Haaland blasted a ball into an opponent's face.
The ever-popular Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards is opening its 2026 competition and to mark it, the photo competition has released unseen photos from the 2025 competition.
Google has shown off a prototype of its AI smart glasses that has an eyebrow-raising feature: it can edit photos with AI on the fly.
The race is on to find a universal 'No AI' logo. However, with competing emblems and varying definitions of artificial intelligence, it's far from straightforward.
We've all been there. A photographer captured a lion cub splayed out on the ground with an inflated belly after it had eaten to the point of exhaustion.
Think back to this time last year when The Brutalist was being pilloried for using AI to improve Adrian Brody's Hungarian accent. Two other Oscar-nominated movies in 2025 had also confessed to using AI to improve speech.
After the roaring success of the Casio M-Edition watch, PPP Cameras is back with the N168 -- a custom Casio inspired by Nikon cameras.
Yesterday, Wikipedia's Picture of the Day was Harold "Doc" Edgerton's Milk Drop Coronet, making the famous photo an excellent subject for PetaPixel's Historical Friday feature.
Meta said in January that it plans to spend somewhere between $115 billion and $135 billion in the pursuit of AI superintelligence, but it's hit a snag after its newest AI model is reportedly behind rivals.
After Iranian missiles began striking parts of the United Arab Emirates -- including popular influencer destination Dubai -- videos and photos of the carnage began emerging online.
For his Netflix special live concert, One Night in Manchester, singer Harry Styles banned phones and instead handed out 20,000 analog disposable cameras.
The new Formula 1 season is underway and teams are searching for every possible competitive edge. One little-known tool in their arsenal: photographers.
Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated actress, has just dropped a music video -- and the song won't be winning any awards.
The founder of an image archive called Diversity Photos is taking his fight with Adobe public after he attempted to stop the company from training its AI on his rare and valuable library.
Nestled between a boxing club and a Korean restaurant on Bleecker Street in New York's NoHo district sits a studio townhouse once occupied by legendary photographer Robert Frank and his sculptor wife, June Leaf. The historic building has just hit the market for $6.5 million.
The NFL season ended last month, but the NFL Draft is now only weeks away. To mark the event that's being hosted in Pittsburgh, legendary sports and rock and roll photographer Michael Zagaris is putting on an exhibit in The Steel City.
A photographer behind a genius marketing campaign that's caused a stir online tells PetaPixel it is "frustrating" that people immediately assume it's AI.
Astronaut Jessica Meir, who currently resides on the International Space Station, has shared a resplendent timelapse video of aurora lights dancing over Alaska and Canada.
A trail camera has recorded a world-first: a red fox attacking and presumably killing a wolf pup.
An argument over what to do with a building at the center of a famous Robert Capa photograph has broken out between authorities in Madrid and the International Center of Photography.
Greece has acquired a photo archive that documents the execution of 200 communist prisoners at the hands of the Nazis in Athens.
Meta is facing a class action lawsuit over its AI smart glasses, with plaintiffs alleging that the company misled consumers about how footage captured by the devices may be reviewed.
There are now hundreds, if not thousands, of AI apps that can create "professional" images from just a single photo of a person. The only problem? They're not real.
An innovative cube camera could provide a fallback option for photographers shooting film.
Waterworks by Stanley Greenberg is a sweeping photographic portrait of New York City’s water system, featuring 362 black and white images made between 1992 and 2024.
Mountain lions are rare in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, and there's been a buzz in the National Elk Refuge recently where one has been spotted prowling around.
Acclaimed war photographer Paul Conroy died this week of a heart attack at age 61.
Two New Jersey photographers have paid homage to their hometown by going to great lengths to recreate a historic photo using the same rotating panoramic camera the original photographers used all the way back in 1910.
A lucky few in Florida got to see a spectacular space jellyfish early on Wednesday morning. The phenomenon was caused by a SpaceX rocket and a still hidden Sun.
When I was sent a new 35mm film to try out called Harman Switch Azure, my brain went: 'It's a blue film, so I'm going to shoot my local soccer team, whose nickname is Blues.' Makes perfect sense? Maybe not.
A wildflower superbloom has swept Death Valley for the first time in 10 years and photographer Elliot McGucken made the long drive from Yellowstone to California to see the rare phenomenon.
An investigation has alleged that footage taken on Meta's AI smart glasses is being watched by tech workers, including intimate moments.
Harman has announced a funky new film called Switch Azure where the colors swap around -- rendering blues as oranges, yellows as blue, and reds as purple.
GoPro has revealed its new GP3 processor, which the company says will deliver twice the pixel-processing power of the previous generation.