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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 fusionComment

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, spaceComment

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, WTComment

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

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/weeklysuper/collider23 September 2011asteroid, asteroids, Dawn spacecraft, NASA

midsummer

with the days stretching long into the night, join us for an exploration of archaeoastronomy

astronomy, feature on home page, publishing, super/weekly, _dateChris Hatherill17 June 2011archaeoastronomy, astronomy, current issue, Newgrange, places, Science Fair Queen of Hoxton, solstice, solstice Science Fair, Stonehenge, sumer solsticeComment

infinity

the strange land between science fact and science fiction has produced some the most inspiring ideas, images and imaginings yet seen

art & photography, feature on home page, publishing, space, super/weekly, _dateChris Hatherill27 May 2011Alan Moore, art & photography, books, British Library, George Clinton, science fictionComment

CCCP

all across the former USSR, a series of strange science-related monoliths stand in silent testimony to the final decades of the Soviet Union

architecture, design & engineering, feature on home page, publishing, space, super/weeklyChris Hatherill4 February 2011architecture, communist architecture, Frédéric Chaubin, places, Polytechnic Institute of Minsk, Ukrainian Institute of Scientific and Technological Research and Development