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"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science" - Albert Einstein linktr.ee/wonderofscience

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Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · 1d

The glass prism in the video (paid link): amzn.to/4mOeCjh

Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · 1d

When sunlight passes through a glass prism, it separates into its component colors due to a phenomenon called dispersion; each color's wavelength bends at a distinct angle, forming a spectrum similar to a rainbow.

Credit: Drake Anthony

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Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · 1d

Timelapse created using images courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, ISS053-E-394450-396465 eol.jsc.nasa.gov.

Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · 1d

Earth at night viewed from space.

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Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · 3d

Saturn and its icy moon Dione captured by the Cassini spacecraft. About two thirds of Dione's mass is water ice.

Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI

Dione floating against Saturn’s layered atmosphere with delicate ring lines stretching across the black sky.

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Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · 6d

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

A casually dressed astronaut rests against the round earth-filled windows of the International Space Station's Cupola module.

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Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · 7d

The Moon’s dark patches, called maria (or lunar seas) are plains of solid lava that formed long ago when asteroids struck the surface and let magma flow out.

This video has a visual representation of this from the 30 second mark.
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Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · 26d

The evolution of the Moon.
4.5 billion years in 2 minutes.

Credit: NASA Goddard

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Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · 7d

Read about how this was made and see some super-high resolution images here: lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/707

A Unique View Of The Moon

The Sun overhead, across the whole Moon! Of course this is not possible in real life, but 36 nearly complete WAC mosaics make this view possible [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

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Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · 7d

A 360-degree view of the Moon's surface in high resolution captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft.

Credit: LRO/ASU/NASA

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Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · 16d

The size of Earth compared to the rings of Saturn.

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Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · 17d

The experiment, performed by astronaut Chris Hadfield on the International Space Station, was designed by high school students from Nova Scotia who won a national science contest held by the Canadian Space Agency.

Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Ts...

Wringing out Water on the ISS - for Science!

YouTube video by Canadian Space Agency

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Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · 17d

This is what happens when you wring out a wet towel while floating in space.

Credit: CSA/NASA

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Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · 18d

Read more details and watch the full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP4y...

Differentiation of hippocampal neuron in cuture

YouTube video by Leticia Peris

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Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · 18d

Fascinating timelapse of a single brain cell growing and branching out to connect with other brain cells.

Credit: Leticia Peris / Grenoble-Institute of Neurosciences