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

Close-up view of a sunspot the size of Earth on the surface of the Sun filmed by the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope. Sunspots are regions of reduced surface temperature caused by intense magnetic fields.

Video credit: Luc Rouppe van der Voort / ISP

One of the most spectacular coronal mass ejections from the Sun ever captured by NASA's SDO spacecraft.

Credit: NASA/SDO
Widescreen 4K version on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NkQmnuCsGM

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

This fascinating timelapse of an orb-weaver spider building her web is even more remarkable considering she removes it before dawn each day and constructs a new one every night to avoid daytime predators.

Credit: dinaoren0/tiktok
Source: https://www.tiktok.com/@dinaoren0/video/7001678707005852933

A ladybird beetle spreading its wings captured with a high-speed camera. In real-time wing deployment from the fully folded state takes less than 0.1 seconds.

Video credit: University of Tokyo / Saito et al. 'Investigation of hindwing folding in ladybird beetles.' DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1620612114.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1620612114

A short compilation of astronauts falling over on the Moon during the Apollo missions, showcasing their challenges with balance and movement caused by the Moon's low gravity, bulky spacesuits, and navigating the loose, dry lunar regolith.

Non-Newtonian fluids turn into solids when pressure is applied.

Credit: UChicago

This fascinating timelapse of an orb-weaver spider building her web is even more remarkable considering she removes it before dawn each day and constructs a new one every night to avoid daytime predators.

Credit: dinaoren0/tiktok
Full Video: https://www.tiktok.com/@dinaoren0/video/7001678707005852933

Stunning timelapse of Earth rising over the Moon captured by lunar orbiter spacecraft Kaguya. ©JAXA/NHK

#moon #earth #japan #space

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

Aurora seen from space.

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

Credit: Todd Simpson/UWO Nanofab
CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

A fascinating view of Martian moon Phobos crossing the face of the Sun captured from the surface of Mars by NASA’s Perseverance rover on April 2, 2022.

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS/SSI
Further reading: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-s-perseverance-rover-captures-video-of-solar-eclipse-on-mars

A beautiful timelapse of the Milky Way galaxy over the ESO 3.6-metre telescope at La Silla in Chile.

Credit: ESO/S. Brunier

#photography #space #night #timelapse