The Most Detailed Photos Ever of the Sun’s Surface

Abstract, swirling patterns of bright yellow and orange light contrast with deep, dark shadows, resembling liquid fire.
‘The highest-resolution image of the Sun’s surface (photosphere) ever captured, taken at 416 nm by the Inouye Solar Telescope. It reveals deformed boundaries of magnetic elements and ultra-fine scale stripes, both associated with Kelvin-Helmholtz instability.’ | Credit: NSF/NSO/AURA/MPS

Scientists have captured the most detailed photos of the Sun’s surface yet, revealing mysterious solar processes with incredible resolution.

A team of international researchers from the U.S. National Science Foundation

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Lightroom’s Masking Just Got Much Better

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Adobe released new updates across its Lightroom ecosystem, including Lightroom Classic, Lightroom on desktop, Lightroom for iPad, and Lightroom for mobile. There is a wide range of exciting updates across the board.

In Lightroom Classic 15.5, the go-to choice for many photographers, there are the expected camera and lens support additions, including for the GoPro Mission 1 and Mission 1 Pro cameras and the Laowa 65mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO, Laowa 90mm f/2

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Glyph Atom EX80 Review: Fast and Feature Rich

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I’ve been reviewing HDDs and SSDs for the better part of a decade, and there has been one constant throughout all of it: the price-to-speed ratio is pretty much always top of mind. But with the ballooning costs of memory making personal storage absurdly expensive, the value-add found in the Atom EX80 has me rethinking this paradigm, at least a little.

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The Atom EX80 is an interesting SSD because it combines top

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This Grainy Photo of Earth Captured on Mars Is Way Cooler Than It Looks

A series of eight faint, glowing circular objects are arranged in a horizontal line against a dark, grainy background.
‘This composite of seven images from the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover shows Earth, visible as a small bright dot moving from upper left to lower right, passing behind the Martian moon Phobos on July 2, 2026, 1,907th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.’

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z instrument to photograph Earth as it passed behind the Martian moon, Phobos.

The Mastcam-Z instrument is primarily

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China’s Slowing Economy Problem Is Also a Photo Industry Problem

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Just a couple of years ago, China’s economy was booming to the degree that global companies — camera manufacturers included — shifted financial expectations up as a result. But now that boom has inverted, which means companies didn’t hit those financial targets.

As reported by the New York Times , China’s consumer spending has substantially weakened as of late. The stock market, which leapt up in late 2024, has failed to sustain those highs . China’s overall unemployment rate isn’t


Nikon Cuts Camera and Lens Sales Projections Amid Slow Start to the Fiscal Year

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Nikon lost a record amount of money last fiscal year, and things aren’t exactly off to a great start in FY2027 . That said, Nikon only lost 0.9 billion yen (under $5.7 million) in the first quarter, a massive improvement versus the over $700 million the company lost in total last year.

While Nikon’s revenue did grow year over year, thanks to “increased sales in business segments outside Imaging Products and foreign exchange tailwinds,”

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Colorado Wildlife Photographers Slam Petition Requiring Annual Permit

A paved road stretches into the distance toward a range of large, rugged mountains under a cloudy sky, flanked by dense green forests.
Driving into the Rocky Mountains.

A citizen petition submitted to Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) that would require photographers to pay an annual fee to operate commercially in the state has been slammed as “enraging” and “unenforceable”.

The petition is sponsored by one Patt Dorsey and it argues that wildlife photographers are profiting from a publicly managed resource without contributing financially to its conservation, unlike hunters and anglers who pay license fees.

Dorsey proposes that individual Colorado residents should pay a fee of $35, non-residents

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Sony’s Image Sensor Division Is Extremely Profitable

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Sony recently released its FY2026 Q1 financial results , and it has been an excellent start to the year for Sony overall.

Sony’s operating income in the first quarter was 476.5 billion yen, or about $3.012 billion at current exchange rates. That is up 136.5 billion yen compared to FY2025 Q1, a 40 percent increase in profit for the Japanese technology and entertainment giant.

That is obviously good news

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Over Six Years Later, Nikon’s Final Two DSLRs Are Still Getting New Firmware

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Nikon is well regarded for its excellent post-launch firmware support , especially for its mirrorless cameras like the major releases for the Z8 and Z9 . However, Nikon’s latest updates aren’t for its mirrorless cameras, but rather for a pair of the company’s old DSLRs.

Despite being discontinued over a year ago, Nikon’s final flagship DSLR, the D6, received a firmware update today . The firmware offers very specific, niche improvements for the DSLR originally launched in 202

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Don Pettit’s Staggering Photo Confounds Skeptics

The International Space Station orbits above Earth at night, with city lights visible below and the Milky Way galaxy above.
The Milky Way Galaxy glows above Earth with ISS components in the foreground. | Don Pettit / NASA

Astronaut Don Pettit takes photos so good that people have a hard time believing they are real. Case in point, a stunning image of the Milky Way Galaxy as the Earth zooms below Pettit’s International Space Station vantage point.

Describing it as one of his favorites from a head-spinning batch of 1.2 million RAW images taken during his latest trip to space , Pettit explains that the photo of the Milky Way

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