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a sunrise over a desert landscape

13 perfect panoramic images from the 2025 Epson International Pano awards

By Popular Science Team

a close up of an opal

What do you see? 12 extreme close-ups bring ‘hidden science’ to life

By Felice Frankel

the international space station above the earth, with a green and red aurora shining on the planetImage: Photo by Don Pettit.

5 specially-crafted images to celebrate World Space Week

By Popular Science Team

two images of a person in a city, one with a bus and one without

Google’s latest AI photo-editing tool means you might not need Photoshop

a sea otter with its paw on its head

6 fun photos to celebrate Sea Otter Awareness week

By Popular Science Team

woman taking a selfie

The 6 best photo editing apps for your phone

Billy Joel in the 1970s wearing a New York Yankees baseball cap, aviator sunglasses, a leather jacket, jeans, and worn-out tennis shoes. He’s napping casually on an airplane with retro orange seats and warm-toned walls ranging from orange to yellow. The seat in front of him has been folded over so he can stretch up with his legs up on the folded seat. Behind him, a passenger with glasses is reading, while another passenger in front is smoking a cigarette.

15 fascinating photos of flying through the decades

hand holding a phone

How to take photos on your phone via remote control

Finally, scientists get a penguin’s-eye-view of the world

By Laura Baisas

woman looking out a window with phone in foreground

How to use Photoshop on your phone

Notre Dame de Paris cathedral on November 2, 2016 in Paris, France. It's the finest example of French Gothic architecture and the largest and most well-known church buildings in the world.

Notre Dame rises from the ashes in behind-the-scenes photos

By Laura Baisas

A person holding their smartphone in front of their face to take a selfie

Selfies have changed our perception of what we look like. Here’s why.

By Abby Ferguson

screenshot of a waterfall photo open in preview

The hidden Mac tool for converting annoying HEIC images

a polavision camera and tapes on a table

‘I traveled 8,000 miles for the camera that killed Polaroid’

two rocks in foreground, milky way in background

12 breathtaking images from the 2024 Astrophotography Prize Photographer of the Year awards

By Popular Science Team

the moment a jaguar delivers a fatal bite to the head of a caiman in a muddy river.

11 unforgettable scenes from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards

By Popular Science Team

The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2024 SCOTT FRIER Ocean Shores United States Title: Nagging is a Universal Concept Description: I liked this image as It reminds me of the old TV commercial for Maxell audio cassette tapes called: "Blown Away Guy". On safari in Serengeti National Park in Tanzania we hung around a Kopji of rocks because there were lion cubs being nursed when this action happened. I was just lucky enough to catch it. I have this image printed and hung on a wall of my home, everybody who sees it laughs at it. One of those people mentioned that I should entered it in this contest so here it is. Animal: Lion & Lioness Location of shot: Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

24 silly wildlife photos to brighten your day

By Popular Science Team

This photo taken on May 11, 2024 shows the northern lights over a suburb in London, Britain. (Photo by Stephen Chung/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Why low-light events like the northern lights often look better through your phone camera

By Douglas Goodwin / The Conversation

a rock juts out under the pink sky during sunset

12 awe-inspiring landscape photos showing off Earth’s beauty

By Popular Science Team

LSST Camera Deputy Project Manager Travis Lange shines a flashlight into the LSST Camera.

A 3,200-megapixel digital camera is ready for its cosmic photoshoot