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“Now I See – The Collection Vol. 2”

Nicole Sharp - June 27, 2025June 9, 2025

In the next video of his current collection, Roman De Giuli takes us flying over liquid landscapes that look like our Earth in miniature. Many of them have the feeling Keep reading

Red ketchup flows down a stepped white surface. Research

Predicting Yield

Nicole Sharp - June 26, 2025June 9, 2025

We’ve all experienced the frustration of ketchup refusing to leave the bottle or toothpaste that shoots out suddenly. These materials are yield stress fluids, which transition from solid-like behavior to Keep reading

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Phenomena

Evaporating Off Butterfly Scales

Nicole Sharp - June 25, 2025June 9, 2025

This award-winning macro video shows scattered water droplets evaporating off a butterfly‘s wing. At first glance, it’s hard to see any motion outside of the camera’s sweep, but if you Keep reading

A Voyager 1 image of Io, showing the plume of a volcanic eruption. Research

Io’s Missing Magma Ocean

Nicole Sharp - June 24, 2025June 9, 2025

In the late 1970s, scientists conjectured that Io was likely a volcanic world, heated by tidal forces from Jupiter that squeeze it along its elliptical orbit. Only months later, images Keep reading

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Phenomena

“Droplet on a Plucked Wire”

Nicole Sharp - June 23, 2025June 9, 2025

What happens to a droplet hanging on a wire when the wire gets plucked? That’s the fundamental question behind this video, which shows the effects of wire speed, viscosity, and Keep reading

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“C R Y S T A L S”

Nicole Sharp - June 20, 2025June 2, 2025

In “C R Y S T A L S,” filmmaker Thomas Blanchard captures the slow, inexorable growth of potassium phosphate crystals. He took over 150,000 images — one per minute Keep reading

Slices of a simulation of magnetized turbulence, similar to what is found in the interstellar medium. The upper section shows current density. The lower section is mass density. In the right half of each image, magnetic field lines are overlaid in white. Research

Stunning Interstellar Turbulence

Nicole Sharp - June 19, 2025June 2, 2025

The space between stars, known as the interstellar medium, may be sparse, but it is far from empty. Gas, dust, and plasma in this region forms compressible magnetized turbulence, with Keep reading

Three glaciers flow together from the top, left, and bottom of this satellite image, meeting in an ice shelf dotted with blue meltwater ponds. Phenomena

Ponding on the Ice Shelf

Nicole Sharp - June 18, 2025June 2, 2025

Glaciers flow together and march out to sea along the Amery Ice Shelf in this satellite image of Antarctica. Three glaciers — flowing from the top, left, and bottom of Keep reading

A group of penguins. Research

Penguin Poo Seeds Antarctic Clouds

Nicole Sharp - June 17, 2025June 2, 2025

Forming clouds requires more than just water vapor; every droplet in a cloud forms around a tiny aerosol particle that serves as a seed that vapor can condense onto. Without Keep reading

Faint filaments halo the Cat's Eye Nebula in this visible light image. Phenomena

Cat’s Eye Halo

Nicole Sharp - June 16, 2025June 2, 2025

The Cat’s Eye Nebula is a planetary nebula located in the Draco constellation. At its center is a dying star. Seen here is the faint halo that stretches 3 light-years Keep reading

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