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These Images Capture the Youngest Exoplanet Ever Found

Sep 20, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

A faint point of light in old observations from the W. M. Keck Observatory has turned out to be something unusual: the youngest known exoplanet…



Hubble Finds a Spiral Galaxy Whose Centre Spins at a Right Angle

Sep 19, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

Most spiral galaxies have a familiar structure. A bright central bulge sits inside a broad disc of stars, gas, and dust. Spiral arms wind through…



Purple Swirls on the Red Planet: ESA Shares New View of Mars

Sep 18, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

Mars has plenty of ice, volcanic rock, sand and dust, a heaven for landscape photographers. A new image from ESA’s Mars Express brings all of…



NASA’s Lunar Orbiter Spots a “Once-in-a-Century” Moon Crater

Sep 18, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

NASA has discovered a new impact crater on the Moon that formed between April 11 and May 22, 2024. The crater, named after Thomas McGetchin,…



Canon May Be Cooking Up Some Wild RF Zoom Lenses

Sep 18, 2026 Alysa Gavilan

Canon patents reveal three ambitious RF zoom lens designs, including a 70-135mm f/2, 200-400mm f/4 and 180-600mm f/6.3.



Sony’s FX5 Is Delayed as Company Rechecks Camera Before Launch

Sep 17, 2026 Alysa Gavilan

Sony has delayed the launch of its compact FX5 cinema camera while it completes additional quality checks and works to improve its manufacturing process.



Adobe Wants Photoshop and Premiere Elements to Do More of the Thinking for You

Sep 17, 2026 Alysa Gavilan

Adobe’s Photoshop and Premiere Elements 2027 add generative AI tools, natural language search and an AI Assistant for easier photo and video editing.



GoPro Just Joined the Micro Four Thirds Club

Sep 17, 2026 Alysa Gavilan

GoPro has joined the Micro Four Thirds system with the Mission 1 Pro ILS, its first interchangeable lens camera and a major departure from its fixed lens action cameras.



NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Takes Its First Look at the Stars

Sep 16, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has taken its first image of the stars. But they look nothing like the sharp points of light we…



Nikon Announces Big ZR Firmware Updates and New Cinema Lens Series at IBC 2026

Sep 16, 2026 Alberto Lima

Coming out of IBC 2026, Nikon announced a big update to its ZR Cinema camera and the development of the new NIKKOR Z Cinema T1.9 VV  series of lenses. Both announcements are a clear indication that Nikon’s future plans continue to push further and further into the world of high-end cinema grade optics and technology – breathing even more life into its acquisition of RED Cameras. There’s a lot to unpack, so let’s jump right in.