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Jelly Bean Ants And Other Amazing Images From This Week

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Ear Binoculars And Other Amazing Images From This Week

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Calling Interference On The Sun

NASA/SDOOn March 29 at 1:48 p.m. EST, the sun issued a massive X1 flare that caused a brief radio blackout on the sunlit side of Earth. Because the atmosphere insulates technology from most...

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The Ongoing Eruption In Hawaii, In Pictures

USGSHawaii LavaLava is still approaching the Hawaiian town of Pāhoa. It already destroyed a house (see below; the red-roofed structure still standing is a garage) and is continuing its march, oozing...

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Space Shots: The Universe's Best Images

Here at Popular Science, we love space—and we know you do too. From seeing the nearly-true colors of Europa, a molten metal orb levitate in microgravity, or even a map of a distant protoplanet,...

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Volcano Eruptions, A Pocket Shark, And Other Amazing Images Of The Week

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This Is What Earth Looks Like From A Million Miles Away

NASAEarthThe Earth as seen from the DSCOVR satellite.Earth has a new formal portrait. Taken by the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), this photo is the first image of Earth sent back from the...

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A Q&A With the Guy Who Wrote the Book on Emoji

courtesy Random House BooksFred Benenson's latest workFred Benenson is probably best known for his book, Emoji Dick, which may not refer to quite what you're thinking. The project, born on Kickstarter...

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These Really Rare Apollo Images Put the Program in a New Light

John Bisney and J. L. Pickering's latest, “Moonshots & Snapshots of Project Apollo,” is a stunning look at the Apollo program. This follow up book to “Spaceshots & Snapshots of Projects Mercury...

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This Star Is Ready For A War: NASA Finds Lightsaber In Space

NASA/ESACosmic LightsaberJets of superheated material are sent into space by a newborn star in an area called the Orion B molecular cloud complex.NASA officially has Star Wars fever too. The space...

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8 Amazing Scott Kelly Pictures For His Last 8 Days In Space

Space It's the final countdown Over his #YearInSpace, Kelly has dazzled us with hundreds of pictures, giving people a new perspective of the world we live on.

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A New View Of Pluto's Icy Polar Canyons

Space Brrrr The latest view from the far reaches of the solar system is a cold one.

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See The Incredible Winners Of The Smithsonian's Photo Contest

Entertainment Whoa If an image is worth 1,000 words, hundreds of millions of words were submitted to the Smithsonian's 13th annual photo contest.

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8 Of Our Favorite Photos (So Far) From Astronaut Tim Peake

Space Scott Kelly's got some competition UK astronaut Tim Peake is capturing some amazing photos and videos of Earth.

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How Many Astronauts Can Fit Into An Inflatable Space Habitat?

Space The whole space station crew crams into the BEAM module for a photo op Thanks to a new group picture from the astronauts onboard the International Space Station, we now know that at least six...

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There’s a whole new species of cloud

Science Celebrate with some amazing photos of the fluffy stuff. With 31 species to chose from, there are plenty of spectacular images to choose from—we curated the best of the best.

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Space Shots: The Universe's Best Images

Space A gallery of photos, visualizations, and other pictures of outer space. Photos, visualizations, and other pictures of outer space, updated almost daily by the editors of Popular Science…

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A Q&A With the Guy Who Wrote the Book on Emoji

Technology No, really--It's called 'How to Speak Emoji' Fred Benenson is probably best known for his book, Emoji Dick, which may not refer to quite what you're thinking. The project, born on...

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These Really Rare Apollo Images Put the Program in a New Light

From Our Blogs: Vintage Space This new book present the lunar landing program through rare and personal images, showing it in a whole new light. This new book present the lunar landing program through...

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This Star Is Ready For A War: NASA Finds Lightsaber In Space

Space In our galaxy, but still far, far away NASA officially has Star Wars fever. The space agency released an image from the Hubble telescope today that they swear looks just like a lightsaber. NASA...

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