Credits &
Acknowledgements

Dedication
This website was created by Cosmos University co-founders Gregory Matthew Dizzia (gmd) and Dellarie Rose Foresi (drf). The website was created as a bridge between the mysterious data which is present in the world, and the experience of discovering it. It serves as a foundational platform to build the future of Cosmos University, and is a testament to what can be accomplished when mission and vision align.
This venture has been a labor of love; we received immense support from our friends, family, and colleagues throughout the development process, we are grateful for their patience and guidance.
Tools Used
Adobe Illustrator
Used as principle design tool and aided in the creation of complex SVGs.
https://www.adobe.com/illustrator
Airtable
Provides easily manipulated and highly flexible data storage for content and databank aspects of this site.
https://airtable.com/
GitKraken
Makes managing git repositories simple and easy.
https://www.gitkraken.com/
Prepros
Enables a real-time connection between the local filesystem and a prototype site effortlessly. Very helpful to crunch files and maintain a modern build pipeline.
https://prepros.io
Sublime Text
Amazing lightweight and speedy text editor for producing software, with a lot of plugin support.
https://www.sublimetext.com/
Libraries Used
Astronomy.js
Library for doing general astronomy calculation routines.
http://cosinekitty.com
GSAP
Smooth high-control animation library used extensively on site.
https://gsap.com/
Jekyll
Static site generator which compiles our site, used for extremely fast and easy to customize build processes with large-scale datasets such as ours.
https://jekyllrb.com/
Lenis
Nice smooth scrolling and scroll triggering library.
https://lenis.studiofreight.com/
Pixi.js
Animation library for smooth and amazing control over rendering.
https://pixijs.com
Powerglitch
Neat special effects library to produce on-screen glitching.
https://github.com/7PH/powerglitch
Three.js
Used extensively to create 3d or webgl enabled scenes.
https://threejs.org/
jQuery
Old, good, still saves time.
https://jquery.org
Special Thanks
Clippy
Web tool to rapidly develop clipping masks.
https://bennettfeely.com/clippy/
Graham Hancock
Amazing research that opens doors to the re-dating or re-imagining of ancient sites and peoples.
https://grahamhancock.com/
Joe Rogan
Provides a platform for many people who need their message heard.
https://www.joerogan.com/
John Anthony West
A major force in the resurgence of research into Ancient Egypt.
http://www.jawest.net/
Jordan Maxwell
An inspiration to opening minds and master of the meaning of words.
https://www.jordanmaxwell.com/
Michael Cremo
Wonderful accumulator of information across a wide variety of sources.
https://www.mcremo.com/
Michael Tellinger
Inspirational researcher.
https://www.michaeltellinger.com/
Randall Carlson
A force that has amplified and established many theories around the end of the most recent Ice Age.
https://randallcarlson.com
Russell Targ
A groundbreaking researcher that took PSI seriously, influential in establishing US Government acceptance of PSI based sciences.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Targ
The Astronomy Nexus
Amazing dataset of over two million stars, utilized for visualization purposes.
https://www.astronexus.com