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

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

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

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

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.

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

Credit: LRO/ASU/NASA

The size of Earth compared to the rings of Saturn.

YouTube video by Canadian Space Agency Wringing out Water on the ISS - for Science!

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.

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

Credit: CSA/NASA

YouTube video by Leticia Peris Differentiation of hippocampal neuron in cuture

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

Credit: Leticia Peris / Grenoble-Institute of Neurosciences

A panoramic view from the surface of Mars captured by Curiosity rover.

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

Credit: NASA Goddard

YouTube video by European Southern Observatory (ESO) Cerro Armazones time-lapse

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Stunning time-lapse of the Milky Way galaxy over Cerro Armazones in Chile.

Credit: ESO/S.Brunier

A universe in motion seen from the International Space Station during a night pass over Earth (view fullscreen).

Comet NEOWISE rising over the Earth just before dawn as seen from the International Space Station.

How the Dutch build a tunnel under a highway in one weekend.

Credit: Rijkswaterstaat

Soccer in space.

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Autonomous sumo robots have some amazing moves.

Stars, thunderstorms, city lights, aurora, and sunrise, captured in a single time-lapse sequence from the International Space Station.

A microscopic tardigrade going for a stroll through some algae.

Credit: Sinclair Stammers

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.

Credit: University of Tokyo / Saito et al.

Stunning timelapse of Earth rising over the Moon captured by lunar orbiter spacecraft Kaguya.

Credit: JAXA/NHK

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YouTube video by Wonder of Science Sun Launches Spectacular Coronal Mass Ejection in 4K 60fps

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An incredible coronal mass ejection from the Sun with Earth for scale.

Credit: NASA​/​SDO

YouTube video by Wonder of Science Flying into Sunrise on the International Space Station over Mexico and the United States

Timelapse created using photographs taken from the International Space Station, courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, ISS066-E-16986-17742 eol.jsc.nasa.gov.

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A spectacular timelapse flying over Mexico and the United States at night in the International Space Station.

Created using images captured in combined wavelengths of 171, 193 and 211 angstrom, during October 2014. Images provided courtesy of NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams. sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov