Yesterday, astronauts and photographers Don Pettit and Matthew Dominick held a fascinating discussion about taking pictures in space with the issue of weightlessness coming up during the talk.
NASA released an incredible new look at the Pillars of Creation, showing the celestial phenomenon in an entirely new way.
An astronaut captured a stunning photograph of an extremely rare lightning phenomenon known as a "red sprite" -- which is rarely visible from Earth.
Space travel requires instruments made on Earth to be specially adapted to the harsh extra-terrestrial world -- and that includes tweaking a camera's software.
Sony has released the first photo captured by its new Star Sphere satellite, which aims to allow ordinary people to have access to a camera in Earth orbit and shoot their own space photos.
Photographer Brennan Gilmore took advantage of Jupiter's closest position to Earth in the last 59 years and captured a photo of the gas giant along with its four Galilean moons over the roof of a barn.
NASA astronaut and photographer Donald Pettit recently posted some of his stunning star trail photography taken aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti this week posted awe-inspiring photographs of the aurora australis from aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
The Perseid Meteor Shower will reach its peak tonight (August 12) but those looking to photograph this annual celestial event will have to contend with a very bright supermoon known as a Sturgeon Moon.
The Voyager Space Probes -- the most distant cameras in the universe -- are being powered down after 44 years of interstellar travel.
A few months ago Unistallar and Nikon announced the launch of a new smart-telescope called the eVscope 2. The two companies claimed it was the world's most powerful and simple-to-operate digital telescope for consumers. While I absolutely agree the system is incredibly easy and actually fun to use, dubbing it as the world's most powerful is a hefty over-promise.
Astronaut Thomas Pesquet has photographed a rare blue "transient luminous event" over Europe that was captured as part of a timelapse he shot from on board the International Space Station (ISS).
Astronaut Thomas Pesquet has shared numerous beautiful photos of Earth taken from the International Space Station, but contrary to popular belief, making these photos isn't as simple as just hanging out in the space station's cupola.
Are you a photographer who would love to give deep space imaging a try – but you’re not quite ready to spend thousands of dollars (or more) to build your own astrophotography rig? With remote astrophotography, you can create astonishing images without the high startup costs.
The Perseid Meteor Shower is one of my favorite times of the year, there is nothing like getting out of the city on a summer night to watch a star-filled sky as the bright Perseids streak across in vivid colors.
The stunning photos sent back from the Mars Perseverence Rover have made it easy to miss the other beautiful imagery NASA spacecraft have been capturing. One such image you may have missed is this incredible new photo of Jupiter that was captured by the Juno Probe.
As part of its celebration of a new year, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has published six different galaxy mergers. These rare astronomical phenomena were captured as part of a recent survey to investigate the rate of new star formations.
As a showcase of its CE-SAT-1 Earth-imaging satellite, Canon is allowing anyone to take their own photos of Earth from space as part of a demonstration for CES.
Japaneses astronaut Soichi Noguchi has emerged as the International Space Station's resident photographer, uploading a slew of incredible images of Earth taken from the Cupola Observational Module.
China's Chang'e 5 probe landed on the surface of the moon on December 1, 2020. Less than a day later, it has sent back a short video of its descent along with an extremely high-resolution panoramic image of the surface of the moon.
In just one relatively small "bulge" of the Soul Nebula (also known as Westerhout 5) in the constellation of Cassiopeia, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of a star that is still being born.
If you ever wanted to get a quick history of cameras and their use by NASA, YouTuber Scott Manly put together an excellent resource. In this 14-minute video, Manly explains the history of cameras used in the Space Program, what they were, and the changes manufacturers eventually made at NASA's request.
As we wrap up 2019 and the 50th anniversary of the moon landing in 1969, Sotheby's has one more NASA-themed auction up their sleeve. Launched yesterday, the Space Photography auction includes over 100 original NASA "red number" prints, including some of the most iconic images to come out of the US space program.
The Royal Observatory Greenwich has revealed the winners of the prestigious Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2019 competition, and as always, the winning images are spectacular.
We can come to terms with the fact that that astronauts aboard the ISS get a view none of us can access and gear few of us can afford, but do they have to rub our noses in it!? We're joking of course, but the latest vlog from aboard the ISS does have us pretty jealous.
Spoiler Alert: The first paragraph of this article gives away a major part of the movie 'Gravity.' Skip past it if you haven't seen the movie yet.
"You should see the sun shining on the Ganges. It's amazing..." says George Clooney in the movie 'Gravity,' as his character floats through the cold vastness of space, cool as only a very George Clooney-ish character can be when facing insurmountable odds and indescribable beauty all at the same time.
But while Sandra Bullock's character had more important things to worry about just that second, chances are anyone reading this doesn't. And so, ahead of the Oscars where 'Gravity' is bound to take home at least a few of the golden statuettes, NASA has released a beautiful photo series to remind us what the view really looks like from space.
A new photo released by NASA and taken from the International Space Station shows just how dark North Korea really is, and we don't mean figuratively. Taken on the night of January 30th as the ISS was passing over the Korean Peninsula, a nearly completely blacked-out North Korea jumps out at you, surrounded by its well-lit neighbors.
NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio just arrived on the ISS last week (with the Olympic torch in tow, no less), and even though he wasn't one of the astronauts who got to take the Olympic torch for a spacewalk/photo shoot, he wasted no time starting to upload photos from orbit.
All of the photos he's uploaded (gallery below) are awesome for one reason or another, but one in particular has gotten a bunch of attention. Uploaded yesterday, the photo above shows the view Mastracchio and his fellow astronauts have while exercising on the ISS.
One of the key challenges in environmental portraiture is finding the right balance between subject and setting. Zoom in too close, and you lose the magic of location. Too wide, and it's not a portrait anymore.
There are times, however, when you have to forget the rules. Like when you're orbiting 150 miles above the Earth and one of your colleagues is about to take the first ever untethered space walk.
Over the years, we've seen some pretty incredible eclipse photos, be they composites that'll blow your mind or time-lapses that'll capture your attention for minutes at a time.
What we haven't seen nearly as much of are solar eclipse photos taken from space. What exactly does it look like when you turn the cameras the other way and capture the Moon's shadow hitting the Earth?