The Art Science Gallery is hoping to open a gallery right here in Austin, Texas. Help them get started by submitting your work, making a donation or attending their upcoming events. 

The Telegraph has put together a terrific gallery of underwater photography competition medal winners 2011/12.

The Atlantic’s In Focus has put together a wonderful gallery of Shuttles sailing to their new homes. Check it out for more images of the shuttles’ earthbound travels. 

The Fibonacci Sequence As Seen in Flowers gallery by Environmental Graffiti is a math and history lesson wrapped in a pretty package of flowers.

The Best Night-Sky Pictures of 2012 were named in the Third International Earth and Sky Photo Contest. National Geographic has assembled the winners into a spectacular slideshow.

The 2011 National Geographic Photo Contest is open for submissions until November 30, but before you grab that shot you took on vacation last summer, I highly recommend that you take a look at the competition. The Atlantic has made it easy by putting together a fantastic collection of some of the best entries so far.

The Manchester Science Festival invited researchers to submit photos that best capture the essence of their work, some of which are featured in a really interesting BBC News slideshow: Images of Research In Action.

It’s not often that the American Medical Association and art galleries tackle the same topic, but that’s exactly what’s happening now with the current exhibition at the Annenberg Space for Photography called “Beauty CULTure”. 

About the exhibit:

The exhibition illustrates the power of the still image in shaping cultural ideals and expectations of feminine beauty – and photography’s undeniable influence on conceptions of the Self.

The exhibit features 170 photographs in the print gallery, hundreds of digital images in vivid detail on high-resolution screens in the Digital Gallery, a short documentary film featuring interviews with well-known photographers, models, historians and beauty experts “who guide visitors on a fascinating photographic exploration of the culture – and cult – of beauty”. The exhibit runs through November 27.