NASA Dominated Social Media in 2016

While many people have been following NASA (and various individual astronauts, astrophysicists and scientists) online for some time, 2016 was the government entity’s biggest year yet. Or, as Quartz says, “a bunch of government space geeks at NASA won the internet.” While NASA’s social media presence already soars literal galaxies over everybody else’s, they also tapped into very human, personal stories. Quartz delves deep into …

Overview: A New Perspective of Earth

Inspired by his hugely popular and oftentimes mind-blowing Instagram, Benjamin Grant’s new book “Overview: A New Perspective of Earth” mesmerizes. The hardcover tome boasts 200 original images that Grant created by stitching together several satellite photographs. The results are incredibly compelling—showing the wondrous ways in which the world is actually intertwined and connected. And, as the title makes clear, the photos oftentimes reveal an unexpected …

This Galaxy Puzzle is Infinite, Like the Universe

Thanks to some mathematical brains, this Infinite Galaxy Puzzle has no end. Or rather, it has endless possibilities and solutions since it can be assembled in any direction and in any shape—meaning it can be put together over and over again with all different outcomes. Based on the Klein Bottle, “an impossible 3D shape where the inside and outside are mathematically indistinguishable,” this 133-piece, laser-cut …