as the evenings get darker earlier, we’ll be running a series of impromptu astronomy sessions around East London – staring up at the rings of Saturn, Jupiter’s moons, the lunar seas, Uranus (ha ha) and other stuff in space. sign up to the club’s Twitter feed or visit our project page to find out more
in June 2012, we invited a group of artists, filmmakers, astronomers, photographers, choreographers and curators to join us in the remote Swedish wilderness to witness a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event: the transit of Venus. from our pristine vantage point amid the forests and fields, we watched as the planet Venus passed between the earth and the sun – its tiny black disk revealing the true scale of the solar system
what if we could look ourselves up in a parallel universe? what if we could predict our future using DNA? what if we could build a particle accelerator at home? UK-based designer Patrick Stevenson-Keating creates projects which not only solve problems, but ask questions. for Milan Design Week, we teamed up with him to create the world’s first handcrafted glass particle accelerator read more
a new publication exploring the interaction between science and design. supported by the Design Council, DesigningScience seeks to initiate a dialogue between designers, scientists and science communicators about the role good design can play in communicating science to the public – and to encourage collaboration, dialogue and cross-inspiration between the two communities… read more
situated nearly 2400m above the surrounding ocean, the telescopes of the European Northern Observatory on La Palma offer astronomers some of the best night-sky views on earth. every evening, their giant optics open and begin tracking the sky, imaging hazy nebulas and distant galaxies. located on the western-most of the Canary Islands, the facility is perched on the rim of an ancient volcanic caldera, high above clouds that drift towards the coast of Africa. silent and remote, it is truly a world apart read more
in July 2011, super/collider joined Unknown Fields and students from the Architecture Association School on an epic journey into the atomic and cosmic regions of the former Soviet Union: from the ruins of Chernobyl to Baikonur Cosmodrome and points between and beyond read more
of the thousands of photos taken by astronauts and NASA staff throughout the Apollo program, we are familiar with only a tiny fraction. the famous planting of the flag, the TIME Magazine cover and the boot-on-the moon images have overshadowed the grainy, gritty beauty of the others, which capture the equipment, the moonscape, the earth and the space between. from sun streaked shots at the end of each Hasselblad camera cartridge to surreal art-like equipment shots, our apollo77 exhibition explored the depths in the Apollo archives, presenting 77 images in a disused video shop as part of our Apollo At Apollo series
all images: NASA
an architecturally-focused initiative exploring the relationship between space and ecology read more