The image was also shared on Reddit that same day. The Facebook post's caption read: "The first world map ever, created by Anaximander of Miletus (610 BC–546 BC), a Greek philosopher." ...

A newly released image of the sun captured by the world’s largest solar telescope ... The imaging spectro-polarimeter represents a culmination of over a decade’s worth of development.

This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images from around the world made or published by The Associated Press in May. Don’t just read the news—view it with AP Photos.

“These images represent the evolution of the competition through the years, from pure natural history to photography that fully embraces representation of the natural world - the beauty and the ...

Scientists have billed it as the "world's largest digital camera." Rubin's first engineering image is a nine-panel square that used nine CCD camera sensors to capture a 144-megapixel view of the ...

In total, the image represents an exposure time of about 52 seconds. The low light and long exposures add digital noise, making the image hazy. Many of the white specks seen in the sky are likely ...