Outerspace Reflection: from the James Webb Space Telescope Sometimes something happens on our little planet that takes your breath away! Please take time to reflect on the beauty and brilliance of our universe and the incredible humans and their skills making these views possible.
Outerspace Escape the New Year in Outer Space Several subscribers emailed me to say that they didn't want to escape the new year in the Amazon Rainforest as it is too hot and humid and full of insects that bite!! So today - hope aboard the Hubble Space Telescope and escape into Outer Space. Definitely no heat or insects that bite!
Outerspace Stunning solar eclipse on 10th of June 2021 We recently saw a 'Super Blood Moon' event, and on the 10th of June 2021, some parts of the world will witness another astrological event. Image: Britannica.com
The Moon Look out for a Super Blood Moon! There will be a special lunar event tonight, the 26th of May 2021 - a combination of a Super Moon and a lunar eclipse. Depending where you live, you may be able to see this phenomenal event! Image: reddit.com
Photography Reflection: Look Even Higher As you go about your busy day remember to look up into the sky and it is worth while staying up a little late at night to marvel at the starry canopy which floats above us. Image: Unsplash/Greg Rakozy
The Moon Moon Dreams Geelong Gallery celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first landing by man on the moon including a map that charted the orbit of Apollo 11, its course cutting right over Australia. And two diagrams of the moon by Galileo.
Tribute The Fallen Astronaut Jacinta Bowler wrote about The Fallen Astronaut a tiny aluminium sculpture of an astronaut with a beautiful message that is lying on the moon.
Cartoons Little Green Martians and Other Space Creatures Not only did Lucien Rudaux paint remarkable images of outerspace, he created bizarre illustrations of what humans might look like if "evolution had taken a different turn."
Outerspace Ten Modern Masters Who Elevated 'Space Art' to Astronomical Heights Ten Depictions of the Cosmos by Modern Masters including Wassily Kandinsky, Georgia O'Keefe, Joan Miro, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol.
Photography Lucien Rudaux: The Other Father of Astronomical Art Lucien Rudaux must be credited with taking art and the minds and dreams of Earthlings into outer space. An amateur astronomer and professional artist during the 1920s and 1930s produced spacescapes of such accuracy that they still hold up well even today.
STEAM Science and Art as Partners in Space: A New Frontier for Humanity Astronomical Art is Space Art devoted to visualizing the wonders of outer space. A major emphasis is the space environment as a new "Frontier for Humanity". Alien worlds, extremes of matter such as black holes, and concepts arising from inspiration derived from astronomy are portrayed. (Wikipedia)
Outerspace Auroras – Astronomical Art in the night sky Auroras are an incredible light show caused by collisions between electrically charged particles released from the sun that enter the earth’s atmosphere and collide with gases such as oxygen and nitrogen. (aurora-service.eu)
Science The Present Meets The Past in the Sky Today I am going to show you a video created through 3D visualization of the Whirlpool Galaxy also known as Messier 51. It is one of the nearest and best examples of a grand design spiral galaxy and Hubble captured it for us in all its glory.
Science Astronomical Art from The Hubble Featured Don Quixote Beneath the Southern Cross - John Pickup; Night Sky by Eric Hines; Pillars of Creation by Zoltan Levay. Plus a video showing how Hubble data and scientific images are turned into works of art.
