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Written by Wonder of Science on 2025-01-23 at 11:05

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

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Written by Wonder of Science on 2025-01-18 at 22:42

Sunset in space viewed from the International Space Station.

Credit: NASA Johnson

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Written by Wonder of Science on 2025-01-17 at 10:34

The grand design spiral galaxy M100.

Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble

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Written by Wonder of Science on 2025-01-15 at 23:19

Mount Fuji seen from the International Space Station.

Credit: NASA Johnson

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Written by Wonder of Science on 2025-01-14 at 22:22

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

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Written by Wonder of Science on 2025-01-14 at 21:58

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

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Written by Wonder of Science on 2025-01-13 at 10:43

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

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Written by Wonder of Science on 2025-01-10 at 23:49

Further reading: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/hinode-views-2012-venus-transit/

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Written by Wonder of Science on 2025-01-10 at 23:22

The planet Mercury crossing the face of the Sun captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft during a transit in 2019.

Credit: NASA SVS/SDO

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Written by Wonder of Science on 2025-01-05 at 22:57

Read more about this image and view the full-size original here: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/galex/pia15416.html

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Written by Wonder of Science on 2025-01-05 at 22:36

The Andromeda galaxy in ultraviolet.

Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, GALEX

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Written by Wonder of Science on 2025-01-04 at 23:55

Technical illustration from 1818 showing early balloon designs intended for human flight.

Created by: Warren, Ambrose William, 1781?-1856, engraver.

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Written by Wonder of Science on 2025-01-03 at 23:18

Sunrise in space viewed from the International Space Station.

Time-lapse credit: ESA/NASA

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Written by Wonder of Science on 2024-12-30 at 22:32

Jupiter's moon Io as seen by the Galileo spacecraft. Io is the most volcanically active world in the Solar System, with hundreds of volcanoes.

Credit: NASA​/​JPL​/​UoA

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Written by Wonder of Science on 2024-12-26 at 22:35

The planet Jupiter glowing in thermal infrared, as seen by the Gemini North telescope. The gas giant gives off more heat than it receives from the Sun.

Credit: International Gemini Observatory​/​NOIRLab​/​NSF​/​AURA M.H. Wong

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Written by Wonder of Science on 2024-12-23 at 00:10

These two photographs are separated by only 66 years.

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Written by Wonder of Science on 2024-12-19 at 23:22

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

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Written by Wonder of Science on 2024-12-18 at 23:13

A beautiful photo of the star RS Puppis and surrounding nebula captured by Hubble.

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Written by Wonder of Science on 2024-12-17 at 22:54

Saturn's icy moon Enceladus captured by the Cassini spacecraft. The moon's surface is covered with fractures, folds, and ridges; signs of a tectonically active world.

Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI

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Written by Wonder of Science on 2024-12-16 at 21:36

This GoPro footage of Earth and the International Space Station was captured by NASA astronaut Drew Morgan and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano during a 6 hour spacewalk to repair the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on Saturday, January 25, 2020. https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2020/01/25/astronauts-wrap-up-spacewalk-repair-job-on-cosmic-ray-detector/

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