Notices by Wonder of Science (wonderofscience@mastodon.social)

A mesmerizing timelapse of the Sun in ultraviolet light, captured by the SDO spacecraft over the course of a month.

Credit: NASA/SDO

#sun #nasa #space #astronomy

Flying over the line between day and night in the International Space Station.

#space #science #nasa

Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson looking at Earth from the International Space Station.

Credit: NASA Johnson

#space #nasa #tech #science

Fascinating footage of a human white blood cell chasing a bacterium captured through a microscope.

Credit: David Rogers
Source: https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Movie_-_Neutrophil_chasing_bacteria

#health #biology #science #phagocytosis

The same side of the Moon always faces Earth, but not in exactly the same way. Due to its tilted axis and elliptical orbit, we see about 59% of its surface over time. This simulation compresses a year into 60 seconds, making the Moon's apparent wobble, called libration, clearly visible.

Credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio

#space #science #astronomy #alt4me

An impact crater, roughly 1.5 km wide, on the surface of Mars, captured by the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter 257 km above the planets surface.

Credit: NASA/JPL/Uarizona

Solar system objects to scale.

Credit: Dr James O'Donoghue

Spectacular timelapse of the Milky Way galaxy and a phenomenon known as airglow seen from the International Space Station.

Credit: NASA Johnson

#science #space #tech

This is what an erupting volcano looks like from space.

Credit: NASA Johnson
More details: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/38985/sarychev-peak-eruption-kuril-islands

#space #science #nasa

"For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream"
— Vincent van Gogh

#photography #art #science

Astronaut Jack Fischer's amazing view of the Earth during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station.

Credit: NASA Johnson

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A spectacular green meteor lights up the sky over southern India.

Credit: Prasenjeet Yadav
https://www.wired.com/2017/01/bright-green-meteor-lights-mountains-india/

#photography #science

Stars, thunderstorms, city lights, aurora, and sunrise, captured in a single time-lapse sequence from the International Space Station (view fullscreen).

Credit: NASA Johnson
#Alt4Me

This is what fine table salt looks like magnified 150 times with an electron microscope.

Credit: Todd Simpson/UWO Nanofab

Time-lapse of astronaut Chris Cassidy working outside the International Space Station as it orbits the Earth.

Video credit: NASA Johnson

This is what Earth looks like from 1.5 billion kilometers away. A pale blue dot beneath the rings of Saturn captured by the Cassini spacecraft.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI

This is how geologists collect lava samples from an active volcano.

Chemical analysis of lava provides important information about activity deep inside a volcano's magma chambers.

Video credit: USGS

Sunset in space viewed from the International Space Station.

Credit: NASA Johnson

Mount Fuji seen from the International Space Station.

Credit: NASA Johnson

Source and more details: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1811/logs/photolog/welcome.html#cbpi=/okeanos/explorations/ex1811/dailyupdates/nov8/media/dive8.html