Universe Makers

Universe Makers

Universe Makers is delivered as part of the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2026, bringing together researchers, software, and visualisations from partner institutions.

Participating institutions

• Institute for Computational Cosmology, Durham University
• Durham Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy (CEA)
• Imperial College London
• University of Portsmouth
• University of Sussex

Special thanks

We thank the Royal Society and all collaborators, students, and staff who contributed to the exhibit materials, software demonstrations, and public engagement activities.

Image credits

Throughout the website, we have made use of publicly available images and visualisations from various sources. We are grateful to the creators of these materials for allowing us to share them with our audience. Below, we provide specific credits and licensing information for the images used on this website.

Milky Way image licensing

Credit: ESO/S. Brunier

COLIBRE image licensing

Credit: The COLIBRE Team (Schaye et al. 2026)

Except where otherwise noted, all COLIBRE content on this website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Figures reproduced from published works are subject to their original licenses and attribution requirements, which are indicated in the figure caption.

FLAMINGO image licensing

Credit: The FLAMINGO Team (Schaye et al. 2023)

Except where otherwise noted, all FLAMINGO content on this website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Figures reproduced from published works are subject to their original licenses and attribution requirements, which are indicated in the figure caption.

Moon Formation image licensing

Credit: Jacob Kegerreis & NASA