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En el blog > Reentrada de la cápsula Kosmos 482, la sonda Venera que terminó en la Tierra y no en Venus danielmarin.naukas.com/2025/05/11/r...

Martial Arts for Authors - My cartoon for this week's @theguardian.com Books

graphicsnickstevens.substack.com/p/a-venera-s... After a long pause, there's a new Soviet Space Substack! This one is a big pile of bits and pieces on the Venera missions, (which seems topical!) 100% free for always.

The Soviet spacecraft that came in from the cold (and fell into the Indian Ocean this morning) -- @nytimes.com on Kosmos-482, the lost Soviet Venus probe from 1972 and its legacy. I'm quoted a few times. (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/s...

Yes. It's called Kagi! Filters out AI-generated images for now, but we're working on expanding this: help.kagi.com/kagi/feature... The default experience of Kagi is AI-free.

Cosmic #MothersDay Anna Fisher, 1st Mom in Space Fisher was mission specialist on Discovery STS-51A (1984) and has the distinction of being the first mother to go into space. contactlight.de

That atmosphere fading into the darkness of space... Mars, Promethei Terra by @esa.int Mars Express 🔭🧪 Full size 9K: flic.kr/p/2r3TaZh Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY Colourised image created using data processed from: psa.esa.int Time: 2016-02-13 Filter: Green HF363_0000_GR3.IMG

So my girlfriend is an amazing stop motion animator, and she recently did a medieval cat themed bumper for Adult Swim! Sharing it here because she only has Instagram and I think everyone needs to see her animations. She's so freaking talented, y'alls. PLEASE go follow her!

A Planet #pixelart #art #aseprite #vgen

Amazing work Simeon! 😍

3d #animation showing a space elevator on Earth. Made in #b3d #SciArt #scifi #Blender

"They never really had a clue about all the otherworldly adventures awaiting on the other side of the portal. The sheep never snitched." - 🖼️ Shepherd's Gate Personal #art. Prints: ko-fi.com/s/5c3d0bc19b Support: www.patreon.com/zhillustrator ko-fi.com/zhillustrator

I have a few of Amy’s pieces and they’re unutterably gorgeous in real life. You think the pics are beautiful, and they are, but in real life these paintings move me to tears.

I will also have limited edition prints of this cutie available next week! stellerarts.com/pages/scient...

Como mañana reentra la cápsula soviética V72 nº 671 (Kosmos 482), aquí va una pequeña guía para diferenciar las cápsulas Venera de la serie 3MV (V67 a V72).

Space art by Luděk Pešek, Ron Miller x 2, Don Dixon

Planettes #2: Earth's Moon

Andrey Sokolov, Cosmonauts exploring Venus, 1965. The idea is that you would need a very large antenna to communicate reliably.

One year ago the Great Aurora of May 10-11 became the widest seen aurora of historic times. From Joshua Tree at 34 degrees North the red aurora extended its vertical rays from beyond the Northern horizon while the outer border could be seen overhead, as this fisheye view shows.

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology... Here's my 2023 Western Interior Seaway art, from DINOSAUR BEHAVIOUR, by Benton (@princetonupress.bsky.social). It features an Edmontosaurus carcass, birds, #Pterosaurs, fish, reptiles, & ammonites. #SciArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #WildlifeArt #FossilFriday

A reminder for IAAA members, we have the monthly zoom meeting tomorrow! Check your email, or log onto the web site for joining instructions. Your chance to discuss space art with the best! iaaa.org

May 8th - Star Wars month. Who doesn’t like the Millennium Falcon? Digitally drawn using Adobe Fresco. From my Outline Portfolio. #starwars

Mars' beauty.

Interplanetary transfer service, anyone? 🙋‍♀️ 🛰️⏩🔴 Europe is working towards a reusable tug called LightShip to open low-cost missions to Mars. 📣 @esa.int calls for proposals for science payloads to travel on the propulsive tug and its passenger spacecraft. 🧵 Open thread to submit your proposal.

Journey through the Carina Nebula Complex, home of the Cosmic Cliffs, in this new video produced by NASA’s Universe of Learning. Using stunning cinematic visuals, it lets you explore star formation in different wavelengths of light. 🔭 🧪

From paleoart to fine art, comics to medical illustration, bioart to space imagery, explore the rich SciArt ecosystem on Bluesky with the SciArt Starter Pack. 150 artists, plus the entire popular SciArt Feed 🐡. And no gen AI or NFTs.

Babe did you use my Edwardian propeller spoon I can’t find it

A year ago I sold my first large oil painting. A bittersweet moment—flabbergasted it went quickly, yet sad to say goodbye. Next week I’ll put my 2nd one up for sale 🥹

Quick reminder for space lovers: if you’re into space exploration, skip the shady content farms of the legacy social networks… BlueSky’s full of talented folks turning raw space data into stunning original visuals. Here’s a list for you, go follow and support them 🚀 go.bsky.app/PUXRaYf 🧪🔭

daily ship practice. different pens.

Sunrise on Saturn's rings 3 images 3rd-8th May (UT) - rings reappearing through Saturn's equinox on the 6th. First image shows the Sun/Earth-facing outer edge only, likely basically the F ring! (brightest equinox ring in Cassini 2009 data) Last image has south face of the rings illuminated again.

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May 9th - Star Wars month. Digital artwork of C3PO. From my Circles Portfolio. #StarWars

In lieu of anything new a couple of old renders of @nick-stevens.com Bernal Sphere model. real life concept for a space habitat. Uses mirrors to cast light onto agricultural rings. #Lightwave3d #TBTD #ThrowBackThursday

Prints are packaged, car is packed, I'M SO EXCITED! 🤩✨

🔭 Spin up of a Supermassive Black Hole Illustration Credit: Robert Hurt, NASA/JPL-Caltech apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25050...

More fun with the Milky Way

Just added to my website. The Cosmic Tornado (Lynds 483) 20x30 oil on Canvas 2025 earthskyart.ca/product/the-...

The Big Gemini was a NASA proposal to reuse Gemini hardware to create a large space station logistics craft capable to carrying up to 12 astronauts. With agency ultimately deciding to focus on the Space Shuttle, the Big Gemini was not pursued.

I'm also refusing to make a martini with Drano.

Art school graduates carry some of the highest student loan burdens in the US. If you are concerned about your wages being garnished due to collections being restarted, and attended a visual arts program at a US art school, I'm interested in interviewing you for ARTnews. My Signal is karenkho.45

HiRISE 3D: Canyon Walls in Coprates Chasma From the rationale: We are exploring mission concepts that would explore geology in Coprates Chasma, including deposits of hydrated materials and early crustal exposures in valley walls and floor units. www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP... #Mars #NASA

Ganymede!!! No. 2 - From Gordan Ugarković (ugordan.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/5t4MRw

Can confirm this will put a smile on your face if you’re feeling down or overwhelmed. You can stare directly at it, unlike our actual day star! Today, I’m going to sign the side. The final step before I varnish. Prints & the original available next Wednesday, May 14 ☀️