Special Thanks To*
- Kim Albrecht, Aesthetic Researcher
- Ancient History Encyclopedia
- Giovanni Anselmi (Coelum)
- The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)
- Barabasi Lab
- The Bradshaw Foundation
- The British Museum
- Thomas M. Brown (STScI)
- Annalisa Calamida (STScI)
- Caltech
- Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
- Canada France Hawaii Telescope
- Chandra X-Ray Center (CXC)
- CleanPNG
- Dr. W. Clarkson, University of Michigan-Dearborn
- Dr. D. Clowe et al
- Dr. Jean-Charles Cuillandre (CFHT) – Hawaiian Starlight
- Professor J. P. Emerson
- European Space Agency (ESA)
- European Southern Observatory (ESO)
- European Southern Observatory Wide Field Imager (ESO WFI)
- Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration
- Fermi LAT Collaboration
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA)
- Hubble Heritage Team
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Illustration History Educational Resource & Archive
- Institut de Radioastronomie Millimetrique (IRAM)
- Instituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
- Julien’s Auctions
- Magellan
- Mandalas Life Nepal
- Dr. M. Markevitch et al
- Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
- National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
- The National Archaeological Museum of Naples
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)
- The National Library of Medicine
- National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Marie-Lan Nguyen, Photographer
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Pixabay
- Plato / Socrates / Stanford
- ReusableArt.com
- Dante Gabriel Rosetti
- Ross Sackett, Photographer
- Kailash Chandra Sahu
- Shitao
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO)
- Solar Dynamics Observatory
- Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
- United Kingdom Space Agency
- University of Arizona Dept. of Astronomy & Steward Observatory
- University of Potsdam
- Victoria & Albert Museum
- Visible & Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA)
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