Life in a Doughnut-Shaped World: NASA Artwork From the 70’s

In the 1970’s NASA and Stanford University held three space colony studies. Attendants of the course produced artistic renderings that showed what could theoretically be possible in a future inter-planetary world. This doughnut-shaped world was a pristine, insular and remarkably beautiful space sanctuary called the Stanford Torus. Click on the images below to magnify and viewContinue reading “Life in a Doughnut-Shaped World: NASA Artwork From the 70’s”

Stunningly Beautiful Meteorite Section Looks Like An Email From Space

This striking and odd meteorite section looks like an email from space or a painting sent to earth by an alien race. For those who are curious (all of you!) these mystical, geometric markings are formed by post-atmospheric cooling. Although these striations and patterns are made by nature, they are reminiscent of a flyer forContinue reading “Stunningly Beautiful Meteorite Section Looks Like An Email From Space”