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Reymond Aguinaldo
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This discovery amazed me: A whale "graveyard" extending over 1,200 km. The remains or fossils of about 480 whales found in a total survey area of about 0.64 square kilometres, with one of the fossils dating back more than 5 million years.
🧪 🐋 🦑 🦊 #cetaceans
www.livescience.com/animals/whal...
A Cosmic Watercolour 🖌️
This image shows the region around the star R Coronae Australis. This young star varies in brightness and is still surrounded by the cloud of gas and dust from which it formed.
More: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1027/
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📷 ESO
Researchers have discovered a "megasite" of dead whales along with new species of marine life feasting on the corpses.
www.livescience.com
If I’m right, you give me a rocket. If I’m wrong, I give you a half-eaten bag of chips. High stakes.
Awesome.
This is definitely Buenos Aires. And if I’m wrong, I’m blaming @esaearth.esa.int for giving bad hints.
1:37:12 AM on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, over the North Pacific Ocean.
AstroBin's Image of the Day: "Explosion in Front of the Galactic Center" by Gerardo Nicolás Rigiroli
www.astrobin.com/y1oyfk/
#astrophotography
“Anything worth reading is not only worth reading twice, but worth reading again and again. If a book is worthwhile, then you will always be able to make new discoveries in it and find things in it that you didn’t notice before, even though you have read it many times.” — Popper
Chris Simms
The complex puzzle known as little red dots has become more complete since their initial discovery by the James Webb Space Telescope in 2022. Now a particular little red dot’s spectrum is helping connect many of the pieces. #NASAWebb (1/5) 🧵 🔭
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Reymond Aguinaldo
Reymond Aguinaldo
The arrow of time, according to the second law of thermodynamics, is governed by entropy-the tendency for systems to evolve toward greater disorder, which also helps explain the direction of time’s flow. ✍️
DSCOVR 🔴 EPIC (Unofficial)
What looked like one moth was actually eight different species #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth
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Saganism
Space Telescope Science Institute
What appeared to be a common moth turned out to be eight separate species, revealing hidden biodiversity across Brazil's tropical ecosystems.