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NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 -- spacecraft that are 15.5 billion miles from Earth -- are having two science instruments turned off as they continue to struggle for power on their interstellar journey.

When PetaPixel first laid hands on the OM System OM-3, it was easy to believe that this might be the best chance photographers could expect to see anything resembling a Pen series camera again. Luckily, that doesn't seem to be the plan.

If you've ever wondered what an electron sees as it whizzes around a particle accelerator at the speed of light, then one photographer has made it possible.

A nature photographer in Japan has captured photos and video of a rare white orca, despite some people calling his work fake.

Photographer Arthur Felig, better known as Weegee, captured the gritty side of 1940s New York City and was known for his uncanny ability to arrive at a crime scene before the police did.

Dotted around the interstates that crisscross the United States are abandoned roadside attractions once erected to amuse wary travelers.

An experimental photographer customized a 100-year-old 360-degree camera so it can shoot four rolls of film at the same time to create one cohesive picture.

Capturing high-resolution images of celestial objects outside of the Milky Way is usually the preserve of space telescopes such as Hubble or James Webb. But backyard astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has broken that mold by capturing a 400-megapixel image of the Andromeda Galaxy.

Annie Leibovitz has shot the promotional images for Season 5 of The Chosen -- a free TV show depicting the life of Jesus.

To celebrate its 70th birthday, Vienna Airport in Austria invited eight photographers to capture its comings and goings starting at 3 A.M. running through until the early hours of the following day.

A photography team has put together a mesmerizing flow motion timelapse of London, deploying novel techniques to tell the story of the U.K. capital.

For just a brief moment, photographer Drew Geraci thought he might have captured something out of this world. On his DNG file was a bizarre orb, the question had to be asked: had he just captured the best photo of a UFO ever?

The Royal Entomological Society (RES) has announced the winners of its 2024 Photography Competition, unveiling an amazing selection of up-close images of fascinating insects.

The Philadelphia Eagles dominated the Kansas City Chiefs at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, winning Super Bowl LIX and lifting the Vince Lombardi trophy. The Associated Press (AP) was on hand in full force with its Sony cameras and lenses to document everything, and PetaPixel chatted with the AP to learn more about how it photographs the biggest sporting event of the year.

The winners of Close-Up Photographer of the Year have been announced with an image of two stag beetles battling for dominance on an oak tree taking home the £2,500 ($3,100) cash prize and title of Close-Up Photographer of the Year 2024.

Comet G3 (ATLAS) recently appeared in the skies above Earth: a rare celestial visitor that is thought to appear just once every 600,000 years. It lit up the skies of the southern hemisphere and has been dubbed the "Great Comet of 2025."

A serendipitous photograph of a badger looking up at a graffiti of a gun-toting badger has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award 2024.

The Photo Brussels festival has embraced AI images by showcasing artists who use the controversial medium to tell stories in much the same way real photographers do.

This week, Reflx Lab announced that it would soon no longer be able to offer some of its respooled 35mm motion picture stock because Kodak is more strictly "crack[ing] down" on respoolers. So, why is Kodak forfeiting the extra money made by selling to brands like Reflx Lab?