NASA

We Are All Astronauts

In posing Earth as spaceship rather than living matter, Buckminster Fuller misses the spontaneity of dynamism and creation itself. Decay is...
Lou Cornum
Feb 19, 2019 4 min read

NASA Turns to Games For A New Generation of Space Art

NASA spent the 20th century asking illustrators to imagine the future of space exploration. To inspire a new generation of engineers,...
Paul Dean
Jan 11, 2019 3 min read

Stargazing With Whale Sharks

I'm not a marine biologist, but I've been able to take part in conservation projects as a citizen scientist. And so...
Melissa Hobson
Jul 6, 2018 4 min read

The Improbable, Bold History of Space Concept Art

The collaboration between NASA and artists stretches right back to the start of the space program.
Darren Garrett
Aug 29, 2016 9 min read

Rising Nationalism Will Change The Politics Of Space

With the rise of nationalism around the world, is international cooperation in space doomed?
James O'Malley
Aug 23, 2016 5 min read

The First Woman to Row Solo Across the Pacific is Helping NASA to Map Climate Change

For this dedicated citizen scientist, crossing the Earth's largest ocean is a sideshow to collecting data.
Laura Cress
May 7, 2015 2 min read

How Spaceships Die

Every probe we send out into space will eventually finish its mission–so what happens next?
Duncan Geere
Apr 29, 2015 6 min read

Space Photography is Helping to Fight Light Pollution

The Cities at Night project uses photos taken from the ISS to study the problem.
Patricia Rey Mallén
Dec 2, 2014 2 min read