In 1610, Galileo wrote in Sidereus Nuncius (The Starry Messenger) about the similarities between the Moon and Earth that he spied through his telescope, setting the stage for the possibility, and likelihood, of lunar life: “Thus, if anyone wanted to resuscitate the old opinion of the Pythagoreans that the Moon is, as it were, another […]
The 2023 biomedical-image winners from the MIT Koch Institute Image Awards include mutant pollen, fruit fly sperm, and a mouse colon.
Photomicrography involves taking photos of tiny subjects through a light microscope. But the technique is a lot more complicated than it sounds.
Between a monkey riding a giraffe and a baby Canada goose playing peekaboo, here’s a taste of the daily comedy animals offer.
A greater roadrunner facing down the dust on the ranch. A peregrine falcon tearing its prey apart on a cliff. These birds and more grace the Audubon Photography Award’s winning selections this year.
Thanks to audacious Russian space missions like Venera 13, we have photos from the volcanic face of our neighboring planet.
As we look forward to what NASA’s Perseverance rover might accomplish, let’s look back on what we’ve already achieved on the Red Planet.
This year’s winners of the London Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition went above and beyond to capture beautiful scenes from all across the natural world.
The winners of the 2020 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards will be announced in October 22. We’re giving you a preview of the pool of 46 finalists.
NASA technology has come a long way—as we look forward to what Perseverance might accomplish, let’s look back on what we’ve already achieved on Mars.
