Amazing Physics

16/09/2025

A celestial lightsaber cuts through the darkness of the Orion B molecular cloud complex, revealing a turbulent stellar nursery where new stars are born some 1,350 light-years away from us. Image credit: NASA, ESA, HST, STScI.

16/09/2025

Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela has the highest concentration of lightning strikes in the world, with an average of 233 flashes per square kilometer each year.

📷 NASA / Happy Traveler

16/09/2025

🌕✨ September’s Sky Spectacles You Can’t Miss! ✨🌑

🩸 Blood Moon Eclipse – September 7
Get ready for a mesmerizing Blood Moon as the Moon slips into Earth’s shadow, glowing a deep, otherworldly red. This rare cosmic show has fascinated humans for centuries, inspiring myths, legends, and pure awe.

🌞 Partial Solar Eclipse – September 21
Just two weeks later, the Sun gets a dramatic makeover! The Moon will partially cover it, creating a fiery “bite” in the solar disk. Depending on where you are, you might catch a crescent Sun at sunrise or sunset. 🌅

🔭 Watching Tips:
• Blood Moon: No gear needed—just step outside and enjoy!
• Solar Eclipse: Never look directly at the Sun without proper eclipse glasses or a solar filter.

📌 Mark your calendars — September brings two unforgettable celestial events!

16/09/2025

This is how big a redwood is. 🌲

16/09/2025

◕ Helmcken Falls is a 141 m waterfall on the Murtle River within Wells Gray Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada. The protection of Helmcken Falls was one of the reasons for the creation of Wells Gray Provincial Park in 1939.

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15/09/2025

Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is unique in our solar system for hosting extensive surface liquid bodies, including lakes, rivers, and seas, composed primarily of liquid methane and ethane instead of water.

This phenomenon stems from Titan’s frigid environment and distinct chemical makeup. With surface temperatures averaging around -179°C (-290°F), water on Titan is frozen solid, existing as ice that forms its crust and towering mountains.

However, methane and ethane, which have much lower freezing points, remain liquid under these conditions, shaping Titan’s hydrological cycle.

Titan’s atmosphere, thicker than Earth’s, is rich in nitrogen and methane. Ultraviolet sunlight and Saturn’s magnetospheric particles break down methane in the atmosphere, triggering chemical reactions that produce ethane and other hydrocarbons.

These compounds condense and fall as rain, replenishing surface liquid bodies. Radar and infrared imaging from NASA’s Cassini mission (2004–2017) revealed vast northern polar seas like Kraken Mare, larger than Earth’s Lake Superior, and smaller lakes connected by river systems. These features mirror Earth’s water-based landscapes but operate in a methane-driven cycle.

The presence of liquid methane and ethane creates dynamic processes, including erosion, sediment transport, and seasonal weather patterns, analogous to Earth’s hydrologic cycle. However, Titan’s liquids are less dense than water, and its gravity, about one-seventh of Earth’s, influences flow dynamics.

Beneath its icy crust, Titan may harbor a subsurface ocean of liquid water, but its surface is dominated by these exotic hydrocarbon lakes, making it a prime target for studying prebiotic chemistry and alien environments. Future missions, like NASA’s Dragonfly, aim to explore this otherworldly landscape further.

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15/09/2025

In the silence of the night forest, the deer's calf holds the fiery ball of the sun, as if a symbol of the eternal unity of power and nature.

15/09/2025

Galaxies IC 2163 and NGC 2207 are locked in a slow, gravitational tango captured here by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Located roughly 114 million light-years away in the constellation Canis Major, this duo has been interacting for millions of years, with the smaller IC 2163 swinging behind the larger NGC 2207.

Webb’s mid-infrared image excels at showing where the cold dust glows throughout these galaxies — and helps pinpoint where stars and star clusters are buried within the dust. Find these regions by looking for the pink dots along the spiral arms. Many of these areas are home to actively forming stars that are still encased in the gas and dust that feeds their growth. Other pink dots may be objects that lie well behind these galaxies, including extremely distant active supermassive black holes known as quasars.

The largest, brightest pink region that glimmers with eight prominent diffraction spikes at the bottom right is a mini starburst — a location where many stars are forming in quick succession. Find the lace-like holes in the spiral arms. These areas are brimming with star formation.

Finally, scan the black background of space, where objects shine brightly in a rainbow of colors. Blue circles with tiny diffraction spikes are foreground stars. Objects without spikes are very distant galaxies.

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.

15/09/2025

Last full moon of summer 🌌🌕 — glowing above Stonehenge like a timeless guardian.

14/09/2025

🌌✨ Aurora Alert Tonight! ✨🌌

Get ready — the night sky could put on one of its most magical shows! 🌍
Thanks to a powerful solar storm, dazzling Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) may be visible not only in polar regions but also across parts of the US and Canada.

🔭 When to watch?
📅 Tonight, September 14
🕘 Best viewing hours: 11 PM – 3 AM (local time)

🌈 Where to look?

Find a dark spot away from city lights

Check the northern horizon

Clear skies are essential

🌟 Expect the sky to glow in waves of green, purple, and red light, painting a surreal spectacle that could stretch much farther south than usual.

📸 Tip: Use long-exposure mode on your camera or phone to capture the auroras in all their glory.

⚡ Don’t miss it! This rare cosmic event might last only a few hours, so step outside, look north, and witness nature’s breathtaking light show.

👉 Will you be watching the sky tonight? 🌌✨