An image from the Rosetta probe shows the Cliffs of Hathor on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Specks and streaks cover the frame. Some of them are dust particles, others are background stars. The ...

Walt Disney Animation Studios, the team behind recent animated films such as “Wreck-It Ralph” and “Tangled,” has this month unveiled groundbreaking digital snow technology they have been developing.

Even with all the video streaming options available to us today, there’s nothing that can match the weird, mesmerizing quality of a good animated GIF. That’s why no matter where you go on the Internet ...