Amid the pandemic, when the photographer Daniel Cheong found himself unable to travel, he started building impossible, futuristic composites in Photoshop. The results are breathtaking, combining the neon lights and sky-high architecture of Bangkok, Hong Kong, Dubai, Chongqing, and beyond to create dizzying megacities straight from a dream. Early this year, he released his first… Continue reading NFT trends: The next wave of futuristic art
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Take a Closer Look: How More and More Students Are Catching the Citizen Science Bug
Taxonomy was once the domain of white-coated scientists with years of university training. While this expertise is still important, everyday Australians are increasingly helping to identify species through citizen science apps. Rapid advances in smartphone and tablet cameras are helping to popularize this activity. Biodiversity researchers are calling on citizen scientists to contribute data to… Continue reading Take a Closer Look: How More and More Students Are Catching the Citizen Science Bug
Ultra-Deep Space Photos Lead to Huge Discovery of ‘Rogue’ Planets
In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have spotted at least 70 — but potentially up to 170 — new “rogue” planets floating by themselves in space thanks to wide-field images gathered from satellites and other facilities across the globe. The discovery was announced by researchers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) who explain that rogue planets… Continue reading Ultra-Deep Space Photos Lead to Huge Discovery of ‘Rogue’ Planets
After Launch, What Will The James Webb Telescope Photograph First?
NASA is set to launch the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the successor to the legendary Hubble Space Telescope, on December 25, and what it will be first set to observe was determined from more than 1,000 proposals. Getting the JWST into space has been anything but straightforward. The telescope was originally envisioned to launch… Continue reading After Launch, What Will The James Webb Telescope Photograph First?
NASA probe sends back photos from inside the sun’s atmosphere for the first time ever
An illustration of the Parker Space Probe approaching the sun. NASA For the first time ever, a spacecraft has touched the outermost layers of the sun. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe recently flew through the sun’s upper atmosphere or corona—and brought its camera. That’s right, we now have some pics from inside the sun, and they’re… Continue reading NASA probe sends back photos from inside the sun’s atmosphere for the first time ever
This new technology makes f/1.4 lenses at almost zero cost
Researchers at Technion Israel Institute of Technology have developed a new way of making lenses with a curable liquid polymer that allows for faster prototyping of new and custom optics. It’s designed primarily for applications such as corrective lenses, augmented and virtual reality, medical imaging and astronomy, but could potentially become a new manufacturing method… Continue reading This new technology makes f/1.4 lenses at almost zero cost
Jaw-Dropping Footage from the First Spacecraft to Touch the Sun
NASA announced this week that its Parker Solar Probe was the first spacecraft to ever “touch the Sun” by flying through its corona, or upper atmosphere. The probe captured the first photos ever from within the corona, and those images were then turned into this incredible 13-second timelapse video. The footage shows what the Parker… Continue reading Jaw-Dropping Footage from the First Spacecraft to Touch the Sun
Researchers Photograph Rare Fish That Sees Through its Own Head
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) recently spotted an exceedingly rare find: a barreleye fish (Macropinna microstoma). This strange deep-sea dweller has a transparent head it sees through with its tubular eyes. MBARI uses a pair of remotely operated vehicles (ROV), the Ventana and the Doc Rickets, to survey the ocean at various depths.… Continue reading Researchers Photograph Rare Fish That Sees Through its Own Head
New Laser Camera Can See an Entire Room Through a Tiny Keyhole
Researchers from Stanford University’s Computational Imaging Lab have developed a novel method of non-line-of-sight imaging. They call it keyhole imaging because the contents of a room can be captured from a single point as small as a keyhole. Non-line-of-sight (NLOS) imaging as a concept isn’t new and has been used to image objects in a… Continue reading New Laser Camera Can See an Entire Room Through a Tiny Keyhole
Shrink-ray engaged: Researchers demo a camera no larger than a grain of salt
The developers of this tiny camera hope the technology will some day make its way into your smartphone. Princeton University / University of Washington With the rise of smartphones and mirrorless cameras, photography gear has gotten more compact over the past decade. But for some uses, like medical imaging and miniature robotics, current camera tech… Continue reading Shrink-ray engaged: Researchers demo a camera no larger than a grain of salt