Crews staying aboard the International Space Station (ISS) enjoy unique views of Earth day and night, with the orbiting outpost’s seven-window Cupola observatory module offering astronauts the best vantage point of our planet and beyond. The station’s current Expedition 64 crew recently posted several stunning photos (below) of auroras captured from the Cupola as the […]
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Seeing isn’t always believing: Google starts fact-checking images
The Mountain View, Calif.-based company has used these fact-checking labels for years in its main search results and on video-streaming site YouTube. In December, Google said fact checks appear more than 11 million times each day in search results. “Photos and videos are an incredible way to help people understand what’s going on in the […]
See Mars’ Moreux crater in new images from Mars Express
Known for its wide swathes of rippling, textured, gently sloping dunes, Mars’ Terra Sabaea region is home to many fascinating geological features — including the prominent Moreux crater, the star of a new image from ESA’s Mars Express. ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO The European Space Agency (ESA)’s Mars Express spacecraft has captured images […]
Smithsonian releases collection of 2.8 million images for free use
The Smithsonian Institution has released 2.8 million high-resolution images from across its collections that anyone can view, download, and reuse free of charge, whether for “a postcard, a beer koozie, or a pair of bootie shorts.” Gathered from all 19 Smithsonian museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo, the imagery is available […]
New images reveal more about the history of water on Mars
This image from ESA’s Mars Express shows a dried-up river valley on Mars named Nirgal Vallis. This oblique perspective view was generated using a digital terrain model and Mars Express data gathered on November 16, 2018, during Mars Express orbit 18818. ESA/DLR/FU Berlin Two new sets of images from NASA and the European Space Agency […]
Met Police gave images for King’s Cross facial recognition scans
London’s Metropolitan Police Service has revealed that it supplied the images used in facial recognition scans carried out by the developers of the King’s Cross estate. The police force had previously said it had not been involved, but has now acknowledged that this was “incorrect”. London’s mayor has asked for a report to reveal exactly […]
Upcoming mission to Jupiter images the planet’s moons from here on Earth
Jupiter system captured in JUICE NavCam test (annotated) Airbus Defence and Space Jupiter has an abundance of moons, and astronomers continue to spot new ones and to make unexpected findings about the ones we’ve already seen. An upcoming mission from the European Space Agency, called the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, or JUICE, hasn’t even left […]
iOS 13 beta images point to Apple media event on September 10
Rumors and informed speculation have pointed to the likely timing of Apple’s next media event, and the latest piece of evidence — images found by iHelpBR in today’s seventh beta release of iOS 13 — appears to confirm the date: September 10, 2019. Labeled “hold for release,” the separate images show an iPad screen and […]
Digital Trends Live: Jony Ive leaves Apple, Galaxy Note 10+ images, and more
On this episode of Digital Trends Live, host Greg Nibler and DT senior staff writer Parker Hall discuss the biggest trending stories in tech, including Jony Ive’s departure from Apple, how to prepare for Amazon Prime Day, new images of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10+, Apple Music’s latest milestone, a NASA drone that’s heading to […]
Google showcases natural underwater beauty in new Street View images
Turns out, you can use Google’s Street View for more than just exploring the actual street. Street View could already be used to explore underwater locations, but Google has expanded the feature to include a few new beautiful underwater destinations. The new images, which are available in a Google Earth collection, aren’t just there to […]
Photographer sues Ariana Grande after she posts his images of her on Instagram
Ariana Grande has become the target of a copyright lawsuit after posting photos of herself on Instagram. Sounds odd, right? Well, let us explain. The two images, taken by New York-based paparazzi photographer Robert Barbera, show the singer leaving a building while carrying a bag with the word “Sweetener” printed on it. For those not […]
CC Search is now out of beta and offers access to 300 million images
Creative Commons has officially launched a search engine allowing for the easy exploration of more than 300 million images that are free to use within certain conditions. The database comprises images from 19 collections, among them Flickr, Rawpixel, and a number of museums including New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the U.K.’s Science […]
See the sun rise and set on another planet in these InSight images
NASA’s InSight lander used its Instrument Deployment Camera (IDC) on the spacecraft’s robotic arm to image this sunrise on Mars on April 24, 2019, the 145th Martian day (or sol) of the mission. This was taken around 5:30 a.m. Mars local time. NASA/JPL-Caltech A pair of images taken by the Instrument Deployment Camera (IDC) aboard […]
Curiosity images show two solar eclipses as seen from the surface of Mars
This image shows the shadows cast by the Martian moon Phobos as it passes overhead the Mars Curiosity Rover on Monday, March 25, 2019 (sol 2358). The Sun has just descended below the horizon as Phobos was rising, causing an elongated shadow of Phobos to be cast across the surface. The image has been sped […]
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