The genre of black and white photography is popular for a reason. The deep darks and the eye-catching whites are mesmerizing to look at — and simple enough to stare at for hours. In a monochrome photograph, the world is ...

A panorama of the Milky Way sprawling above French lavender crops and an incredible glimpse of the sun’s magnetic field bursting after a solar flare are a few of the stellar images on the 2021 Astronomy Photographer of the Year ...