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The NASA Self-Aligned Focusing Schlieren
This NASA-made camera photographs the invisible – and the tech is based on an accessory photographers already use

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

NASA Researchers at NASA have created a simpler camera system for visualizing wind – and it won an award

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A photograph of the Egg Nebula, a pre-planetary nebula, captured by he Hubble Space Telescope
NASA’s new photo of this egg-shaped dying star is both art and science

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

SPACE Hubble has captured its clearest view yet of the closest pre-planetary nebula, dubbed Egg Nebula, a dying Sun-like star

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A space telescope under construction in a NASA lab.
NASA to launch new space telescope with “mind-boggling” 288MP camera

By Alan Palazon Published

News The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch in May 2027 with a 288MP camera, will “unveil the cosmos to the edge of the observable universe”

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ProGrade Digital secures out-of-this-world contract with NASA

By Ben Andrews Published

Artemis missions to the moon will be recorded on ProGrade Digital CFexpress cards

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Mockups of three space telescopes
Scientists are designing a new camera that could detect alien life

By Tom May Published

News UK teams are helping NASA develop imaging tech for a mission that will hunt for alien planets beyond Earth.

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Astronaut Don Pettit floats aboard the ISS with several cameras and lenses
Even NASA astronauts love retro camera gear. Don Pettit admits to using this vintage 1980s lens in space

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

RETRO GEAR The 1980s Noct Nikkor 58mm f/1.2 is so iconic for astrophotography, it's still used in space

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An image of astronaut Don Pettit looking at the Earth from the ISS Cupola
Golden hour is more like “the golden five seconds” on the International Space Station. Astronauts Don Pettit and Matthew Dominick share the challenges – and hacks – of photography in space

By Hillary K. Grigonis Last updated

NASA In a captivating podcast, two NASA photographers and astronauts just shared what it's like to take photographs in space

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The comet SI/ATLAS is shown with stars blurring in the background due to the comet's fast speeds
At nearly 100x times faster than a bullet, this comet is the fastest ever recorded, but NASA still managed to capture a sharp photograph. Here’s how

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

space How do you take a picture of a comet moving at 130,000 miles per hour?

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A photograph taken by the JunoCam of the north polar region of Io
Finding corrupted images is devastating, but what happens when that camera is 370 million miles away? NASA shares how it saved the busted camera aboard Jupiter’s Juno

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

NASA How do you repair a camera that’s orbiting another planet, 370 million miles away?

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Close-up imagery of the sun's corona
A camera flew through the sun’s corona, didn’t melt, and sent back these first-ever close-ups of the sun

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

NASA NASA has just shared the closest-ever video of the sun – and the footage is mesmerizing

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