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This charming (and functional!) handmade Stargazer telescope necklace by Tara Fletcher-Gibbs is available in her Etsy store.

Play master of the universe by just adding cream with these semi-transparent frosted galaxy mugs from my Thinx Shop.

TrA installation by Jose di Gregorio

About the project:

[TrA] holds the essence of a planetarium and a mandala. This fall, Di Gregorio took his young children to the planetarium at the Lawrence Hall Of Science in Berkeley, CA. While constellations may seem like nothing more than memory aids to distinguish particular stars, they also remind us how small we are in the universe and that this is part of what makes us important to each other. One constellation in particular caught DiGregorio’s attention, the small Triangulum Australe (TrA) in the southern sky.

To create a mandala with the constellation, TrA uses the principles of the Net of Indra. It stretches out infinitely in all directions and is associated with the motionless timeless center of the universe. To illustrate theses concepts of emptiness, as well as interpenetration, ten circles that form a density in its design. TrA serves as the equilateral triangle increasingly obscured within the circles.

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The auroras of Iceland beautifully captured by Hörður Finnbogason

Just beautiful. The photography of Ben Coffman.

Selections from Constellations by Grace Kim

Standing in awe. Photos from Norseman1968’s photostream.

Auroras don’t get much more awe-inspiring than the ones captured by Norseman1968.

You don’t have to be in outer space for your clothes to feel weightless. These light and flowing pieces from Solilor Fashion are now available in my Thinx Gifts store.

Milky Way Over Quiver Tree Forest photo series by Florian Breuer

These spectacular images of space are brought to you by Terry Hancock of the Down Under Observatory.

Stunning star trails by Kane Gledhill

Joel Robison’s work is full of wonder and whimsy, so it’s appropriate that you can find him under the name Boy Wonder on sites like Flickr and Etsy.

Dramatic doesn’t even begin to describe the skies in these photos by George Christakis.

Star Drawings by David Stephenson