The winners and finalists of this year's Smithsonian Photo Contest depict scenes of playful whales, the humbling aftermath of wildfires, a sneaky Arctic fox stealing a…
Millipedes’ exoskeletons glow fluorescent shades of green, yellow, blue, and pink under ultraviolet lights––and so do their genitalia. A new UV imaging method, described…
Obsidian forms as lava, spewed from a volcano, quickly cools at surface temperatures. It’s found all over the planet, including in the fantastical series Game of Thrones,…
You’ve probably seen examples of “light graffiti” on social media. A creator skilled in this photographic art form can conjure circles and orbs by swinging a light…
Scientists with the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) announced Wednesday that they’ve successfully imaged the event horizon of a supermassive black hole at the heart of the…
The winners were awarded a $15,000 prize for the work.
