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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
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A giant deep-sea isopod (Bathynomus giganteus) filmed by the ROV on Okeanos Explorer at a depth of 810m (2,660 feet). This huge underwater 'pill bug' measures nearly 30cm (almost 1 foot), as indicated by the ROV's red laser dots, spaced 10cm apart.
Credit: NOAA
Credit: NOAA
November 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
A giant deep-sea isopod (Bathynomus giganteus) filmed by the ROV on Okeanos Explorer at a depth of 810m (2,660 feet). This huge underwater 'pill bug' measures nearly 30cm (almost 1 foot), as indicated by the ROV's red laser dots, spaced 10cm apart.
Credit: NOAA
Credit: NOAA
Listen to the world's loudest bird, the Amazon's white bellbird. It has a call that peaks at 125.4 decibels, louder than a chainsaw or jackhammer.🔊
Credit: Anselmo d'Affonseca
Credit: Anselmo d'Affonseca
November 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Listen to the world's loudest bird, the Amazon's white bellbird. It has a call that peaks at 125.4 decibels, louder than a chainsaw or jackhammer.🔊
Credit: Anselmo d'Affonseca
Credit: Anselmo d'Affonseca
Dwarf mongoose plays dead for hornbill.
Credit: WildEarth
Credit: WildEarth
November 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Dwarf mongoose plays dead for hornbill.
Credit: WildEarth
Credit: WildEarth
Hand warmers contain a special sodium acetate solution that gives off heat when you press a metal disc, triggering the liquid to turn into crystals. They can be reused by boiling them in water to dissolve the crystals back into the liquid.
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Hand warmers contain a special sodium acetate solution that gives off heat when you press a metal disc, triggering the liquid to turn into crystals. They can be reused by boiling them in water to dissolve the crystals back into the liquid.
Pluto’s ice mountains, frozen plains and layers of atmospheric haze backlit by a distant sun, as seen by the New Horizons spacecraft.
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Pluto’s ice mountains, frozen plains and layers of atmospheric haze backlit by a distant sun, as seen by the New Horizons spacecraft.
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
A meteor, the Milky Way and Mount Fuji captured by photographer Hayata Suzuki.
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A meteor, the Milky Way and Mount Fuji captured by photographer Hayata Suzuki.
These incredible ibex defy gravity climbing a near-vertical dam in search of nutritious salt.
Credit: BBC
Credit: BBC
November 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
These incredible ibex defy gravity climbing a near-vertical dam in search of nutritious salt.
Credit: BBC
Credit: BBC
Commander Dave Scott of Apollo 15 validates Galileo's theory on the Moon by dropping a hammer and a feather, proving that objects fall at the same speed, independent of their mass.
October 31, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Commander Dave Scott of Apollo 15 validates Galileo's theory on the Moon by dropping a hammer and a feather, proving that objects fall at the same speed, independent of their mass.
An owl gliding through a cloud of helium-filled soap bubbles reveals wingtip and tail vortices.
Credit: Usherwood et al.
Credit: Usherwood et al.
October 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
An owl gliding through a cloud of helium-filled soap bubbles reveals wingtip and tail vortices.
Credit: Usherwood et al.
Credit: Usherwood et al.
Stunning banner cloud over the Rock of Gibraltar.
Credit: Met Office Gibraltar
Credit: Met Office Gibraltar
October 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Stunning banner cloud over the Rock of Gibraltar.
Credit: Met Office Gibraltar
Credit: Met Office Gibraltar
Earth is beautiful.
October 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Earth is beautiful.
Curiosity Rover spotted on the surface of Mars by the orbiting MRO spacecraft.
Credit: NASA/JPL/UoA
Credit: NASA/JPL/UoA
October 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Curiosity Rover spotted on the surface of Mars by the orbiting MRO spacecraft.
Credit: NASA/JPL/UoA
Credit: NASA/JPL/UoA
Astronaut Alan Bean enjoying weightlessness in the open space of the orbital workshop on the Skylab space station in 1973.
October 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Astronaut Alan Bean enjoying weightlessness in the open space of the orbital workshop on the Skylab space station in 1973.
The speed of light visualized on a world map.
Credit: Dr James O'Donoghue
Credit: Dr James O'Donoghue
October 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The speed of light visualized on a world map.
Credit: Dr James O'Donoghue
Credit: Dr James O'Donoghue
A timelapse showing the incredible movement of a growing vine, exhibiting both nastic movement to find, and then a thigmotropic response to grasp and hold.
Credit: Roger P Hangarter
Credit: Roger P Hangarter
October 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
A timelapse showing the incredible movement of a growing vine, exhibiting both nastic movement to find, and then a thigmotropic response to grasp and hold.
Credit: Roger P Hangarter
Credit: Roger P Hangarter
Every second, the Sun ejects 1.5 million tons of material into space at hundreds of miles per second, but Earth's magnetic field protects it from the solar wind.
Credit: NASA Goddard
Credit: NASA Goddard
October 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Every second, the Sun ejects 1.5 million tons of material into space at hundreds of miles per second, but Earth's magnetic field protects it from the solar wind.
Credit: NASA Goddard
Credit: NASA Goddard
A 360º view from the surface of Mars captured by Perseverance Rover.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS
October 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A 360º view from the surface of Mars captured by Perseverance Rover.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS
Mesmerizing counter-rotating vortices produced by a burning incense stick.
Credit: ALoBoi_Music/reddit
Credit: ALoBoi_Music/reddit
October 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Mesmerizing counter-rotating vortices produced by a burning incense stick.
Credit: ALoBoi_Music/reddit
Credit: ALoBoi_Music/reddit
Galaxy rise narrated by Carl Sagan.
October 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Galaxy rise narrated by Carl Sagan.
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
Credit: Drake Anthony
October 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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
Credit: Drake Anthony
Earth at night viewed from space.
October 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Earth at night viewed from space.
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
Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI
October 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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
Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI
Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson looking at Earth from the International Space Station.
October 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson looking at Earth from the International Space Station.
A 360-degree view of the Moon's surface in high resolution captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft.
Credit: LRO/ASU/NASA
Credit: LRO/ASU/NASA
September 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
A 360-degree view of the Moon's surface in high resolution captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft.
Credit: LRO/ASU/NASA
Credit: LRO/ASU/NASA
The size of Earth compared to the rings of Saturn.
September 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The size of Earth compared to the rings of Saturn.