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

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

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A Rhopalonematid jelly (Crossota millsae) feeding with tentacles extended in all directions filmed at a depth of 1,015 meters (3,330 feet) off southwestern Puerto Rico.

Video credit: NOAA OOER

"Cat trotting, changing to a gallop", a sequence of 20 photographs by Eadweard Muybridge in 1887.

How you wash your hair in space: demonstrated by astronaut Karen Nyberg on the International Space Station.

The incredible view during a spacewalk.

Credit: NASA Johnson

A stunning time-lapse of Earth setting below the Moon's horizon captured by the Japanese spacecraft Kaguya as it orbits the Moon.

Credit: JAXA/NHK

This is what a rocket launch looks like from space.

Time-lapse of the Sun circling the horizon at the South Pole during early March.

Video credit: Robert Schwarz
Source: https://vimeo.com/208466944

The pixie's parasol mushroom (Mycena interrupta), found in Australia, New Zealand, and Chile.

Photo credit: Steve Sargent

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

Breathtaking timelapse of nightfall over the ESO's Very Large Telescope on Cerro Paranal in Chile.

Video credit: ESO/José Francisco Salgado

Construction of the Eiffel Tower from 1887-1889.

Source: https://wingsofwhimsy.wordpress.com/2016/02/25/eiffel-tower-construction-1887-1889-animated-gif-file/

Stunning images of Jupiter captured by the Juno spacecraft during a close flyby in October 2018.

Video credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt
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"While spacewalking I realized something, I used to think I was scared of heights but now I know I was just scared of gravity"

― NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman

The majestic Sombrero galaxy captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. This galaxy is 50,000 light-years across and is instantly recognizable by its brilliant white core encircled by thick dust lanes.

Image credit: NASA/STScI/AURA

Spectacular timelapse capturing an entire night from sunset to sunrise over the ALMA Observatory on the Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Atacama Desert.

Video Credit: ESO/C. Malin (christophmalin.com)