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Caught some nice Sundogs on a recent flight ✈️ They are caused by sunlight passing through hexagonal ice crystals in the atmosphere. The light bends (refracts) at a 22° angle, making the sundogs visible as part of a larger halo around the Sun.

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🧪 🐘 🪥 🦷 💥 Just having some fun by scaling up our elephant’s toothpaste experiment from the lab for a bit of end-of-year messiness. seriouslyscientific.com #STEM #science #experiment #education #classroomfun #SeriouslyScientific

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This is a series of science riddles I'm making for my students. If anyone has some cool ones they'd like to share, please drop in the comments. I'd love to hear them 👍

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It took me 9 days and over 300 prompts to get the right clips to make this... Learned a lot though, so hopefully next time only only 8 days and 200 :p

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🦕 Having a bit of prehistoric fun with Sora Video Ai. 🦖

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NASA’s Europa Clipper completed a gravity assist around Mars on March 1, 2025, and has 2.68 billion km left before reaching Jupiter in April 2030! Next up: an Earth flyby on Dec 6, 2026, to gain speed for the final stretch! 🌍➡️🔴➡️🌍➡️🪐

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Bill Nye The Science Guy | Fossils | Full Episode seriouslyscientific.com/bill-nye-the...

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Happy 146th birthday, Einstein! 🎂 Just a bit of quirky fun I created with Sora to help us remember a 146 years of genius!🧠 SeriouslyScientific.com/YouTube

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Thank you so much to the dude or dude'es who religiously spent 6 months opening 999 Gmail accounts!

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Meet the woolly “Mammouse!” 🐭🦣 Scientists spliced ancient mammoth genes into a mouse for that shaggy coat. It’s a cool step for conservation, not a plan for mammoth world domination ;) Colossal Biosciences, the brains behind the Mammouse: ▷ Colossal.com My link: ▷ SeriouslyScientific.com/YouTube

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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT! ☀️ Bill Nye will be speaking at Stand Up for Science in D.C. on March 7th! More speaker announcements coming soon, stay tuned! 👀☀️

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🌕 The total lunar eclipse on March 14 will be best seen in the Americas, Western Europe & Africa. Peak time: 2:26-3:31 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4) or 06:26 to 07:31 GMT. No gear needed, but binoculars will blow your mind.. Find a dark spot & enjoy the Blood Moon! seriouslyscientific.com

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💻After a ton of blood, sweat and tears (because I suck at coding), the Bill Nye The Science Guy episode catalog is finally live on my site! Just bop the Bill Nye button to browse all the episodes in a sleek pop-up. Still under construction, but it works! 💥 Check it out: SeriouslyScientific.com

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🌋 Witness the most volcanic moon in the solar system! This 5-minute countdown timer showcases Io completing one full rotation. Watch now: seriouslyscientific.com/io-5min Credit: NASA for the 3D model used to create this science.nasa.gov/resource/io-... 🚀

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Witness the raw power of nature from space. 🌪️🌪️ These massive storms swirl across the planet, their sheer size and intensity humbling to behold. Driven by Earth’s rotation and warm ocean waters, their spiraling clouds reveal the unstoppable forces shaping our world. 🔗 SeriouslyScientific.com/YouTube

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IBM researchers used an atomic force microscope to capture one of the first real images of a molecule, revealing the intricate structure of nanographene at the atomic level. This image provides a glimpse into the world of molecular bonds like never before. 👀 🔬 SeriouslyScientific.com/YouTube

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TON 618 is the largest ultramassive black hole, with an estimated mass of 66 billion solar masses. Its event horizon spans about 1,300 AU, which is over 40 times the distance from Neptune to the Sun. It could encompass our entire Solar System multiple times over. 😮 SeriouslyScientific.com/YouTube

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Meet the Black Dragonfish – a deep-sea nightmare straight out of sci-fi! With its needle-sharp teeth, bioluminescent lure, and alien-like appearance but luckily, it’s only about 40 cm long. Found in the depths of the Southern Hemisphere—imagine if it were bigger! 😨 🔗 SeriouslyScientific.com/YouTube

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JWST captures HH 30, a rare edge-on protoplanetary disc in the Taurus Molecular Cloud. This unique view reveals jets, dust, and gas flows in stunning detail. offering a rare glimpse at star and planet formation. 🔗 Read more: esa.int SeriouslyScientific.com/YouTube

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Don Juan Pond in Antarctica is one of the saltiest bodies of water on Earth (33.8% salinity) and never freezes at -50°C (223K)! 🌊❄️ Astrobiologists study it to understand life’s survival on other planets. See it on Google Earth: 77°33′52″S 161°10′20″E 🌍 SeriouslyScientific.com/YouTube

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✔ Earth’s days are indeed getting longer as tidal friction slows our planets rotation. This energy transfer causes the Moon to drift away at 3.8 cm per year as well as lengthening our day by about 1.8 seconds per century. A slow but steady cosmic dance! SeriouslyScientific.com/YouTube

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Pyramids in Antarctica? This mountain in the Ellsworth Range looks eerily artificial, but it's actually a natural formation shaped by ice erosion, known as a glacial horn. Take a look for yourself on Google Earth: earth.google.com SeriouslyScientific.com/YouTube

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Apollo 17’s Lunar Rover 🌕 NASA’s Lunar Rover hit a top speed of 18 km/h (11.2 mph) and covered 35.7 km (22.2 miles) in 4 hours, 26 minutes of total drive time! This moon buggy helped astronauts explore the Taurus-Littrow Valley. Watch The Last Man on the Moon here: SeriouslyScientific.com/Apollo17

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✅ True! Sprinkling sugar on a wound can help reduce pain and speed up healing. Sugar creates a high-osmolarity environment that draws out moisture, inhibiting bacterial growth and promoting tissue repair. SeriouslyScientific.com/YouTube

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All episodes of Bill Nye The Science Guy, full episodes, 5 seasons, remastered to 4K: SeriouslyScientific.com/BillNye-Season1 SeriouslyScientific.com/BillNye-Season2 SeriouslyScientific.com/BillNye-Season3 SeriouslyScientific.com/BillNye-Season4 SeriouslyScientific.com/BillNye-Season5 #BillNye

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Just one kilogram of uranium-235, the fuel that powers nuclear reactors can unleash a mind-blowing 24,000,000 kWh of energy. That’s the same as burning two to three million kilograms of coal or oil. Yeah, nuclear energy is that ridiculously powerful. SeriouslyScientific.com/YouTube

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NASA’s Dawn mission first detected organic molecules on Ceres in 2017, thought to be from impacts. But new research suggests they may have formed on Ceres itself, hinting at internal processes that could support life. A small world with big possibilities! SeriouslyScientific.com/YouTube

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🚀 MARS - 4K Lo-Fi 🚀 Immerse yourself in a two-hour journey across 41 unique Martian landscapes, captured using NASA’s high-resolution imaging: Great for studying, relaxing, or simply drifting off to sleep.. 🌌🔴 Discover a part of Mars you've never seen before: 🔗 seriouslyscientific.com/mars

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