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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
Relative rotation speed and axial tilts of the planets.
Credit: Dr James O'Donoghue
Apollo 17 lifts off from the Moon on December 14, 1972, the last time humans visited the lunar surface and traveled beyond Earth's orbit.
A thousand times brighter than a typical nova, a kilonova occurs when two neutron stars, or a neutron star and a black hole, collide.
Further reading: https://www.livescience.com/kilonovas-rain-gold-on-the-universe.html
The biggest volcanic eruption ever seen from space, captured by two different satellites on January 15, 2022.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Hunga_Tonga%E2%80%93Hunga_Ha%CA%BBapai_eruption_and_tsunami
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
Dwarf mongoose plays dead for hornbill.
Video credit: Tayla McCurdy/WildEarth
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.
Video credit: BBC
An owl gliding through a cloud of helium-filled soap bubbles reveals wingtip and tail vortices.
Video credit: Usherwood et al.
Source: https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/223/3/jeb214809/223686/High-aerodynamic-lift-from-the-tail-reduces-drag