score

a rare meteorite sample that could help unravel the mysteries of Mars has been acquired by the Natural History Museum in London

astronomy, chemistry, feature on home page, geology, publishing, spaceChris Hatherill8 February 2012meteorites, Natural History Museum, space

star power

researchers at the National Ignition Facility are working towards a world powered by the ultimate clean energy source

design & engineering, energy, feature on home page, physics, publishing, super/weeklyChris Hatherill20 January 20122012, energy, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, National Ignition Facility, NIF, nuclear fusion

death from above

somewhere, far out the airless void of space, a massive piece of icy rock is cruising silently through space, bound for earth

astronomy, feature on home page, publishing, space, super/weeklyChris Hatherill9 January 20122012, asteroids, Dazed and Confused, space

twice in a lifetime

pay attention folks: this is the most important astronomy heads-up we can give you for the next 105 years

astronomy, feature on home page, publishing, space, super/weeklyChris Hatherill1 January 2012astronomy, transit of Venus, Wolfgang Tillmans, WT

the life aquatic

our profile of oceanographer Sylvia Earle for AnOther Magazine

biology, design & engineering, ecology & nature, feature on home page, publishingChris Hatherill3 November 2011AnOther Magazine, eco/nature, marine life, Sylvia Earle

species of the week

Dendronephthya

biology, ecology & nature, feature on home page, publishingChris Hatherill2 November 2011coral, eco/nature, sealife, SOTW, species of the week

Seana Gavin: cosmic worlds

on distant moons and remote mountaintops, crystals slowly grow starwards, while lichens, mosses and funghi creep across the landscape. mushroom clouds bloom on the horizon, while planets and insects hover under orange skies

art & photography, astronomy, feature on home page, publishing, super/weeklyChris Hatherill12 October 2011archaeoastronomy, astronomy, Seana Gavin

sample of the week

a 22.70g fragment of the Carancas meteorite

astronomy, chemistry, feature on home page, geology, publishingChris Hatherill4 October 2011meteorites, sample of the week, SOTW, species of the week

shutdown

after nearly three decades of smashing particles together, Fermilab shuts down the Tevatron

architecture, design & engineering, feature on home page, physics, publishing, super/weekly, _dateChris Hatherill30 September 2011Fermilab, physics, Tevatron

vesta

NASA begins exploring surveying Vesta, one of the largest asteroids we know of

astronomy, feature on home page, publishing, space, super/weeklyChris Hatherill23 September 2011asteroid, asteroids, Dawn spacecraft, NASA

Unknown Fields

an epic journey into the atomic and cosmic regions of the former Soviet Union

architecture, art & photography, design & engineering, ecology & nature, feature on home page, projectsChris Hatherill21 September 2011Aral Sea, Architecture Association School of Architecture, Baikonur, Chernobyl, Unknown Fields, Unknown Fields 2011

ISLAND/UNIVERSE

perched 2400m above the Atlantic ocean, surrounded by utter darkness, the observing site at the European Northern Observatory on La Palma offers astronomers some of the best views of the night sky on Earth