Sleeping Hermaphroditus
In 1619, Cardinal Scipione Borghese commissioned the Baroque Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini to sculpt the mattress under the marble figure. This work is a Roman copy that was probably inspired by a Greek original of the 2nd century BC. This statue is…

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Late-stage photography by Rosetta allowed for a much higher resolution dataset to be acquired, thus enabling much higher fidelity photogrammetry to be derived from that data, underscoring the vast potential for photography to play a bigger role in future missions.…

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (Sections)
The European Space Agency’s historic Rosetta mission probe was launched 2 March 2004 on a 10-year journey to rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The mission planned to study the comet’s nucleus and its environment for nearly two years, and land…

Calavera
Carlos Zerpa began his Skulls series in New York in 1993. Created with ceramic, jewels, paint, and embedded objects, these skulls are (according to Zerpa) an homage to Mexico.

Control Room Equipment from Nuclear-Powered Submersible NR-1
NR-1 control room equipment in the collection of the U.S. Naval Undersea Museum. From left to right, the control panels shown are sonar, ballast and trim/auxiliary control/ship's status, ship's control display, heading and speed/obstacle avoidance sonar, camera…






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