Take a pretty picture. Slap some inspirational words on it. Post it on Facebook, then swim in a river of likes. If this is a thing you do, be afraid: you have been replaced by a robot. A wonderfully ...

On Christmas Eve 1968, the crew of Apollo 8, on its fourth orbit around the moon, saw the Earth rise above the lunar horizon. Commander Frank Borman later wrote: “It was the most beautiful, ...

The great challenge of running as a subject in art, until the invention of film, was always to capture fast movement in a static medium and make it convincing and exciting. Through the ages, a few ...

The Hubble Space Telescope launched 25 years ago and changed our view of the universe forever. Many of its images are iconic and earned Hubble a special place in Earthlings’ hearts. New Scientist ...

Sometimes an image will capture the popular imagination and spread unstoppably across the Internet, effecting some measure of real change. If there’s any justice in the world–and the jury will forever ...

Google is adding a new feature to its mobile app that could potentially challenge Pinterest in becoming users’ first stop for inspirational imagery: a dedicated images tab. The company announced on ...

When GM Jerry Reese installs a Super Bowl countdown clock in the Giants’ locker room, as he promises, it won’t be the only motivational image in the East Rutherford training complex. Tom Coughlin, ...

“This is the prototypical example of a barred spiral galaxy… Amazing details appear in the colour composite: beautifully resolved spiral arms and dust lanes to the bright nucleus. And the disc ...