Cosmic Curation

Please use extreme caution when merging black holes to verify LIGO findings .

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Happy birthday to pioneering science communicator Jeanne Bendick ! Prior to her passing two years ago (at age 95), Bendick spent over 70 years writing and illustrating more than 100 science book...

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kevindart : > “Through scientific study and understanding, we deepen our > connection to the natural world.”  >  > FORMS IN NATURE: UNDERSTANDING OUR UNIVERSE >  An ...

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Symmetry Magazine ’s cute and catchy ABC’s of Particle Physics

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Emperor X pays tribute to the detection of gravitational waves with a song “generated entirely from the signal pulse the LIGO team.“ Artist’s statement: “I made this track to commemora...

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carolynporco : > This week we learned that a prediction made by the brilliant, > staggeringly counter-intuitive theory of general relativity, > formulated by Albert Einstei...

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Our Hand-Activated Gravity Detectors may not be quite as sensitive as LIGO , but they’re certainly much easier to carry on interplanetary missions. Rumor has it that Einstein himself used one o...

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spacetravelco : > Happy International Women’s Day > !  >  > Please take a look at this trailer for Sepideh > , a documentary which > follows the life of a young gir...

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Two beautiful 1930s WPA Federal Theatre Project posters for R.U.R.

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Happy Robotmas , everyone! Today marks 78 years since the very first piece of sci-fi TV was broadcast—an adaptation of Karel Čapek ’s R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots), which introduced t...

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oldsidelinghill : > I think the first thing of mine that was ever published officially > was this choose-your-own-adventure style space comic from 2005. It > was included...

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Jherek Bischoff , Amanda Palmer , and Neil Gaiman cover David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” on the marvelous orchestral tribute EP, Strung Out In Heaven (learn more ). Artwork by Sarah Beetson ...

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sanderdraws : > A WIP of my contribution to Light Grey Art Lab > ’s upcoming ROBO show -obviously I > had to do something with cats! Watch out, Professor Astro Cat! Thi...

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“Gravity” by Deih

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spacetravelco : > We are closed today to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. >  >  If you’ve never heard about Dr. King’s encounter with Nichelle > Nichols (Lt. Uhura fr...

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The Greenwood Space Travel Supply Co. are purveyors of the finest space travel supplies this side of the Magellanic Stream: including scientific theory (in bulk), non-toxic consumables, entertainment suitable for zero-gravity, and soft fiber garments. 100% of our proceeds benefit The Greater Seattle Bureau of Fearless Ideas, a non-profit writing, tutoring, & communication center.

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“Gold Record ” by Rachel Lynn Rose Artist’s statement: “This piece was inspired by the most ‘out of this world’ gold records of the 1970’s: The golden records aboard each of the...

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“Star Chart” by Nicole Gustafsson From her G1988 solo show, The Once and Future Weird Kids

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Farewell, Ziggy…

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Finji have re-released their beautiful (and free) constellation-tracing game Longest Night with expanded content.

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