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In the May issue of “Odyssey” - in the 1960s, “New Worlds” magazine heralded a more mature approach to SF, and showcased work by authors such as Michael Moorcock, Brian Aldiss, Thomas M. Disch, Harry Harrison and John Brunner. Still the template for any serious SF based lit mag. Still impactful.

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Anyone involved in publishing, reading, writing or editing scientific papers should read this argument against generative AI carefully.

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This is doing the rounds at the moment. Moebius concept art for Space Jam.

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Reentry of the Soviet Venus probe is imminent after 53 years in orbit! Our special report on the history and design of the Venera-72 mission (work in progress): russianspaceweb.com/venera72.html

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

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

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In the May issue of Odyssey - way ahead of its time, a reinvented “New Worlds” magazine was at the forefront of 1960s SF New Wave. Edited by Michael Moorcock and featuring the work of writers such as JG Ballard. Join www.bis-space.com for your copy of Odyssey. #Odyssey #BIS @bsfa.bsky.social

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A packed house at the London H/Q of the British Interplanetary Society last night hosting a meeting of the London Space Network, with ESA reserve astronaut Meganne Christian and the Science Museum’s Libby Jackson amongst the speakers/panellists, along with Jenna Tiwana and Swetha Kotichintala. #BIS

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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

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A new mystery from the Soviet crewed lunar program... What are these downward pointing rocket motors on some LK landers for? The upward pointing ones are to hold down the LK on the moon without bouncing...

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

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

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Hit me with those Lazer Beams #SpaceGirl

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“Odyssey has landed!” The arts and culture corner of the BIS library. If you’d like a taster copy of the magazine email me at [email protected] and find out more about our re-launched digital publication. The next issue features our interview with the UK’s first astronaut, Helen Sharman. #BIS

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May 7th - Darth Vader’s personal battle ship, The Star Destroyer. Digital artwork created using Adobe Fresco. From my Outline Portfolio. #StarWars

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Thought I’d show you a few progress images of the Star Wars At-At that I’ve finished digitally drawing. #StarWars

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Angela Carter BOTD in 1940. Her dystopian novel “Heroes and Villains” is one of the best in the genre. “The Bloody Chamber” and “The Magic Toyshop” also personal favourites, the latter having one of the greatest closing lines of any novel. #botd #writer #gothic #companyofwolves #angelacarter

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Big fat mining ore hauler on Mars. Because why not. I had fun making this in #Blender. Do like a bit of hard-surface modelling. #scicomm #sciart #scifi

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Anyone new following, I'm a bit of an Anderson fan, if you haven't already noticed and my particular favourite is Captain Scarlet, both classic and new. If you haven't watched them or anything else Anderson related, I recommend you give them a try. You might like them.

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Angela Carter sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/carter... was born on this day: some illustrations to her stories by Gill Bradley, Meggie Wood, Igor Karash, Martha R Ford. I believe some/all relate to the Folio Society 2011 Book Illustration Competition where Carter's "The Bloody Chamber ..." was the text:

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

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Carl Sagan, Arthur C. Clarke and Helen Sharman – you’re always in good company whenever you visit the British Interplanetary Society's library in Vauxhall! Join us in our journey “from imagination to reality” to access to this remarkable resource. #Odyssey #BIS_Odyssey @bsfa.bsky.social

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PERILOUS STAR Acrylic on Canvas - 9 ½” x 14 ½” This grasping, writhing mass of tentacles began as a simple exploration of a star stone design, but Michael couldn't resist adding the Lovecraftian creature. www.michaelwhelan.com/shop/perilou...

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I just finished rereading "The 3 Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch" by Philip K Dick. Perhaps his most imaginative venture into drugs, religion, and the nature of reality. For me his most powerfully disturbing book. And I do not say that lightly.

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"Conclave" is short for "Construct Clavius"

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Made this after a trip where I found myself staring at stained glass in old churches for way too long. Not sure it’s finished, but I needed to let it go for now. Open to thoughts, might revisit it later. It’s about the black hole that formed after two binary stars collided #scicomm #sciart

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Congratulations to Phil Stooke, whose third volume of Mars mission maps is now available for pre-order from Cambridge. It's spendy but priceless for understanding the course of Mars exploration. I wrote the foreword! www.cambridge.org/us/universit...

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The Expanse (Season 1, 2015): The Canterbury, art by North Front Studio (probably Ryan Dening) Remember the Cant! ✊

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100% this, no notes. Okay one note - this entire sequence from 'Jason and the Argonauts' is one of my greatest childhood memories, what I still consider to be a pivotal moment in special effects and why skellies are my favourite adversary in any fantasy game. What a movie.

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In the May issue of “Odyssey”: Decidedly retro looking now, maybe, but in 1926 Hugo Gernsback launched “Amazing Stories” with a motto that perhaps prefigured the BIS’s own strapline: “Extravagant Fiction Today…Cold Fact Tomorrow!” Join the BIS for your copy of "Odyssey." @bsfa.bsky.social #Odyssey

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This is such a great launch photo! ULA's Atlas V launches Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites into orbit from the Florida coast (28 April). It's part of Amazon’s initiative to deliver global broadband internet from space and will be a rival to Elon Musk's Starlink.

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An amazon ISBN number attached to your book will scan as an amazon book. This is a good indicator of self published. This may affect how your book is handled by stores, awards and general sales. Bias continues in this industry. #writingcommunity #booksky #isbn #bias

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Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to make uncontrolled return to Earth, probably around 10 May. The chance of it actually hitting someone or something is small but cannot be completely ruled out. Watch out for falling debris! www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

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It’s a con… trail sunset tonight in the skies of South Lincolnshire. #photography #nature #landscape

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May The Sixth - Return of the Sith. Darth Raven - digital artwork, created using Adobe Fresco. From my Circles Portfolio. #Starwars

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Preparing for the workshop! Here's the link if you want to learn to paint something like this ✨ pocosinarts.org/product/glaz...

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A neutron star cannibalizing it's sister star. View from a planet orbiting this restless system. #Sciart #space #illustration #astronomy

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More great #Scifi art by @gtgraphics.bsky.social .

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Alan Shepard became the first American in space when the Freedom 7 spacecraft blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on May 5, 1961, aboard a Mercury-Redstone rocket. contactlight.de forallmankind.de

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Saturn's tiny icy moon Mimas against a backdrop of the giant planet, crossed by ring shadows. The rings themselves gently curve across the bottom.

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Yuri Gagarin during his visit to Moldova.

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#SpaceArt by Andrey Sokolov

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Your aperiodic reminder that the EVA pod from 2001: A Space Odyssey ended up in Watto's junkyard in The Phantom Menace. #MayThe4thBeWithYou

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YOURS TRULY (1983) Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 28" X 22" When Del Rey Books commissioned me to do this portrait of the Master Jedi, Lucasfilms sent me black and white movie still photos to use as reference. 1/3

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