In Pieter Bruegels painting Landscape with the Fall of Icarus the fall of the god Icarus passes unnoticed on earth The farmers continue to work the land and the boats sail on As William Carlos ...

Standing in Arizona’s largest dry lakebed, Wilcox Playa, astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy steadied himself as freight trains thundered by, threatening to blur the shot that took months to prepare.

A work of art can open a window that allows us to get a better view of the challenges of our own time. For example, a Flemish Renaissance painting portraying the ancient Greek myth of Daedalus and his ...

An astrophotographer–skydiver collaboration has produced one of the most dramatic solar images seen in recent years, capturing a human figure descending against the blazing disc of the Sun. Titled ...

After six attempts, Andrew McCarthy successfully captured this shot, which he titled "The Fall of Icarus." - Andrew McCarthy/cosmicbackground.io Standing in Arizona’s largest dry lakebed, Wilcox Playa ...