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The Rosetta mission is a milestone in terms of science and public outreach. The European Space Agency and the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt in particular did a marvellous job of sparking global public interest, driven by various events throughout the mission. In contrast, the actions of the Max Planck Society research group in charge of the high resolution Optical, Spectroscopic, and Infrared Remote Imaging System 1 were, in my opinion, the cause of some concern and bring to light an important debate in the relationship between outreach and science. This article seeks to review the outreach that surrounded the Rosetta mission and to highlight both the best practice that made it a success and the bad practice that set some aspects behind.2 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In early 2015 the artist behind the photographic collection Bariónica entered it in video form into the European Space Agency's (ESA) Ode to Hubble competition -- a public video competition organised to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope1. The photographic collection aims to show the connection between cosmic matter and the matter which constitutes mankind, using images and ideas from astronomy to symbolise the connection between what we are, and where we came from. On 24 April 2015, Hubble's 25th birthday, Bariónica was announced as one of two winning videos of the contest. In this article its creator, Desiré de Palacio, tells us about the fundamental ideas that led her to create her piece, and about the experience of being one of the contest winners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Thousands of people from all over the world search the internet on a daily basis for the newest discoveries in astronomy: be it in the form of press releases, high resolution images, videos or even planetarium fulldome content. The growing amount of data available, combined with the increasing number of media files and users distributed across the globe, leads to a significant decrease in speed for those users located furthest from the server delivering the content. One solution for bringing astronomical content to users faster is to use a content delivery network. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses how visualization can help enhance people's imaginations, from the perspective of both data and data-driven visuals. Topics include the significance of the images of Fomalhaut and HR 8799 stars, Jer Thorpe's animal visualization of exoplanet data, and the opportunity provided by online tools for people to interact with the data.

The article discusses the highlights of the 2009 Astronomy Visualisation Workshop at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California. Particular focus is given to the Academy's motivations for hosting the workshop. Also mentioned are the workshop's planetarium production, a demonstration by Michael Broxton of Ames Research Center on his work on neocartography, and a description by Kimberly Kowal Arcand of her research into the aesthetics of astronomical imagery.

The author presents a second part of his report that focuses on astronomical imagery and visuals produced for public consumption. Topics discussed include the idea of author Elizabeth Kessler that Hubble imagery resonates with the Romantic landscape tradition, a Spitzer image of the star-forming region W5, and brief information on the Virtual Astronomy Multimedia Project.