altered states

designers Anna Fulmine and Victoria Shahrokh mix everyday objects with scientific principles to create lush, dense and vivid scenes

aether

a new exhibition in Berlin brings together international artists and photographers inspired by astronomy

art & photography, astronomy, events, feature on home pageChris Hatherill20 February 2016

profile: Liliane Lijn

an American-born artist who has been exploring the phenomena of light in her work since the 1960s, Liliane Lijn is known for pioneering the interaction of art, science and technology

art & photography, feature on home pageChris Hatherill16 February 2016

blue flowers

introducing the world's first colour-changing flowers

art & photography, biology, chemistry, ecology & nature, feature on home pageChris Hatherill12 February 2016

merger ⚫️ ⚫️

it looks like the LIGO experiment has detected gravitational waves caused by two black holes merging

flightsuit

with Virgin Galactic and Y-3 collaborating on a new range of flightsuits and apparel, we take a closer look at the high-tech material inside

design & engineering, exploration, fashion, feature on home page, space, transportChris Hatherill19 January 2016

Jochen Lempert

a trained biologist, Jochen Lempert began taking photographs in the early 1990s and has since embarked on an ongoing project that deals with our perception of nature

art & photography, biology, feature on home pageChris Hatherill18 January 2016

overwatch 🔭

for the first time, NASA has consolidated all of its planetary impact detection projects into a single organisation to help keep us safe from asteroids and comets

astronomy, feature on home page, publishing, spaceChris Hatherill11 January 2016

Katie Paterson

"Being alive today with all the knowledge and technology that currently exists allows us to reflect on who we are and how we relate to the rest of the universe"

art & photography, astronomy, ecology & nature, feature on home page, geology, profilesChris Hatherill22 December 2015

Women of Rock

over the past few years a distinctly female fascination with geology, minerals and meteorites has emerged. in our new gallery show, we showcase some of the beguiling results

art & photography, events, feature on home page, geology, projectsChris Hatherill21 December 2015

how nature is recolonising Chernobyl 🌿

a new study suggests that wildlife is thriving in the abandoned areas around Chernobyl, scene of the catastrophic nuclear meltdown in 1986 that left the landscape largely uninhabitable for humans

biology, ecology & nature, exploration, feature on home page, publishingChris Hatherill8 October 2015

NASA's forgotten Space Shuttle

long before America’s high-tech space shuttles were lofting astronauts and cargo into orbit and gliding back to Earth, a decidedly more basic version was forging a lonely path to space

a sartorial history of the spacesuit

one of the most advanced fashion accessories ever created, the spacesuit serves as a miniature spaceship to keep astronauts alive in the cold, hostile vacuum of space

events, feature on home pageChris Hatherill21 August 2015

the lost world

measuring more than 350m across, these circular voids in the sandstone contain their own miniature jungles – tiny worlds within worlds

sentinel

every hour of every day, a growing armada of earth observation satellites are peering down on our planet, gathering petabytes of images and data about our changing world

ecology & nature, feature on home page, publishing, spaceChris Hatherill8 June 2015Cryosat

Caroline Corbasson

for cultural science nerds such as ourselves, and presumably you, a first visit to French artist Caroline Corbasson's website will likely be one of those OMG-total-freak-out moments where you just want to buy everything

art & photography, feature on home page, preview, spaceChris Hatherill7 June 2015