Time-Domain Astronomy

Editorial Science Illustration • Symmetry Magazine • 2025
Illustration of figures silhouetted against a bright night sky, catching stars in large glass bottles. Art by Olena Shmahalo for Symmetry magazine.

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Symmetry Magazine / Sandbox Studio
Thanks to AD Michael Branigan

WORK
Concepts & illustration

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CSP, Procreate

INFO
Stylized illustrations about algorithmic alerts for time-domain astronomy — transient astronomical events like gamma ray bursts, TDEs, supernovae, etc.

For a Symmetry Magazine article by Chris Patrick: The algorithms that help scientists sort through a universe of change

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Secondary illustration:

Time-domain (transient) astronomical events like gamma ray bursts, TDEs, and supernovae contained in glass bottles.

Screenshot of an article on Symmetry magazine: https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/the-algorithms-that-help-scientists-sort-through-a-universe-of-change

© Olena Shmahalo