Omega: The Last Days of the World (1894)
Science fiction novel by astronomer Camille Flammarion, concerning a near comet miss and a vision of the earth’s far distant future….more
Space & The Future
Émile-Antoine Bayard’s Illustrations for Around the Moon by Jules Verne (1870)
Arguably the very first images to depict space travel on a scientific basis, these wonderful illustrations are the work of the French illustrator Émile-Antoine Bay…more
Micromégas by Voltaire (1752)
Early sci-fi short story by Voltaire recounting a visit to Earth by Micromégas, an inhabitant of a distant planet which circles the star Sirius, and his companion …more
Aratea: Making Pictures with Words in the 9th Century
Some of the earliest examples of calligrams found in a 9th-century astronomical manuscript on the constellations….more
The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings (1882)
The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings published in 1882, a collection of 15 exquisite pastel works created by the French artist, astronomer and amateur entomologist Ã…more
To New Horizons (1940)
A vision of the future from General Motors created to champion their “Highways and Horizons” exhibit at the 1939-40 New York World’s Fair….more
Celestial Phenomenon Over Nuremberg, April 14th, 1561
A woodcut and description of strange UFOs seen in the skies of 16th-century Bavaria….more
London a Hundred Years Hence (1857)
A vision, from 1857, of what London would look like 100 years in the future — including the prediction of vast shopping malls and internet shopping….more
From India to the Planet Mars (1900)
A book detailing the seances of Hélène Smith including claimed contact with people living on Mars, involving the writing down of their language, as well as sketc…more
The Telephonoscope (1879)
Device imagined in a Punch cartoon from 1879, predicting the advent of video chat more than 100 years before Skype….more
Hi-Res Images from the Apollo Missions
Selection of super hi-res images from the Apollo 11 mission, from the criss-cross of boot prints in the lunar dust, to Neil Armstrong’s watery gaze after first land…more
Gynecological Gymnastics from Outer Space (1895)
A set of diagrams from a 19th-century gynecology manual, in which the figures bear an uncanny resemblance to depictions of aliens from more than half-a-century late…more