astronomy

Woodcut from <n>Marcus Manilius</n>'s <n>Astronomica</n>, published by <n>Aldus Manutius</n> in 1499.

A partial view of the 2024 <n>Total Solar Eclipse</n>. Photo by <n>Katie Myers</n> for <n>Atmos</n>.

A composite image of galaxies by <n>Cora A. Harris</n>, using images from <n>NASA</n>, <n>ESA</n>, and <n>NOIRLab</n>.

Cover art for the 2023 single <n>NEW LVL (2023)</n> by artist <n>blandee</n>.

A still from the 1981 film <n>Christiane F. – Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo</n>.

An 1898 illustration from the book <n>A New Astronomy for Beginners</n> by <n>David Peck Todd</n>.

A 16k photograph of <n>The Moon</n> from 2019.

19th-century colored engraving of the Greek astronomer <n>Hipparchus</n> observing the stars.

<n>Instrument des Himmelslauff</n>, a 1530 woodcut by artist <n>Erhard Schön</n>.

A view of <n>Saturn</n> and its moons, captured by astrophotographer <n>Daniel Borja</n>.

<n>Diagram No. 5</n> from the 1887 book <n>Solar Biology</n> by <n>Hiram E. Butler</n>.

<n>Carl Sagan</n> in the opening scene of his 1980 documentary series <n>Cosmos: A Personal Voyage</n>.

Digital illustration <n>Transcendence</n> by artist <n>Gerrel Saunders</n>.

Ink rubbing of the <n>Suzhou Planisphere</n>, a star chart created by <n>Huang Shang</n> in 1247.

A still of astronomer <n>Carl Sagan</n> from his 1980 television series, <n>Cosmos: A Personal Voyage</n>.

The <n>Op Art</n>-style brand identity for the <n>Royal Astronomical Society</n>, designed by <n>Johnson Banks</n>.

<n>Étienne Léopold Trouvelot</n>'s illustration, <n>Étoiles multiples colorées</n>, 1881.

<n>Passage de Vénus sur le soleil</n>, an illustration of the <n>1874 Transit of Venus</n> from <n>La Nature</n>.

An illustration comparing the geometric progression of the <n>Flower of Life</n> and biological cell <n>mitosis</n>.

<n>Voyager</n>, a screen print by artist <n>Justin Van Genderen</n> from his <n>Heavenly Spheres</n> series.

Artwork by <n>David Wehmeyer</n> featuring a quote from writer <n>Gustave Flaubert</n>.

Album art for <n>Reece Sullivan</n>'s 2021 album <n>Middle Sea</n>. Artwork by <n>Artgrab</n>.

Composite image of <n>Luna</n>, <n>Mars</n>, <n>Jupiter</n>, <n>Saturn</n>, <n>Uranus</n>, and <n>Neptune</n>.

<n>The Old Constellation Figures, Northern Hemisphere</n>, a star chart by <n>W. Peck</n>, 1890.

Illustration of the 1933 <n>Draconids meteor shower</n> from the <n>Larousse Encyclopedia of Astronomy</n>.