Climate in 2019

At Under Lucky Stars we try to do our best to mitigate our impact on climate. As in 2017 and 2018, this year yet again we offset our carbon footprint through Cool Earth making all star map orders carbon neutral for 2019.…

How to Make a Star Map – for Free!

Do you like custom star maps to commemorate a special event in your life? Feeling crafty and have some spare time? Here's a 6 step guide about how to make your own star map at home - for free.…

Cosmic Creation

A magical moment of my pregnancy was creating the art installation Cosmic Creation. As my ideas developed, I decided to make a “blanket of stars” out of the pregnant belly cast.…

Where do comets come from?

A comet is an icy, small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, warms and begins to release gases, a process called outgassing.…

What are asteroids made of?

Asteroids are the solid, rocky and irregular bodies remnants of the protoplanetary disk of dust and gas that formed around the Sun over 4.6 billion years ago.…

Our New Astronaut Design

For millennia humankind have gazed into the night sky wondering about the stars. The Greeks and the Babylonians identified and named constellations and with the advent of the telescope it was possible to Chronicle previously indistinguishable constellations. More recently technological progress has enabled humans to get even closer to the…