The two stars in Wolf-Rayet 140 produce shells of dust every eight years as rings. Each ring was created when the stars came close together and their stellar winds collided, compressing the gas and forming dust. Image by the James Webb Space Telescope: go.nasa.gov/4c8iA18

—Nicholas Ferroni

Who loves pictures of fossils scanned using Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence? (me)

A thousand year old dragonfly - bryanpfeiffer.com/2015/12/07/a-t… #SilverCity #NewMexico #hiking #NativeAmerican #roadtrip #travel #hikingadventures #offthebeatenpath #OptOutside #weekendgetaway #daytrip

This photo of Andromeda Galaxy was captured using a surprisingly small camera lens. No telescope required! This was captured using about 2 hours of exposures with a tracking mount. This allowed me to compensate for the motion of Earth.

We're committed to holding #DinoCon 2025 in Exeter, but nothing else is yet confirmed, watch this space and our website. If interested in presenting, hosting a stall, or running a workshop or panel discussion, contact me personally. Website: dinocon.co.uk

Who’s ready for some haunting #Halloween horticulture?👻🪴 Bulbophyllum medusae has flowers that smell like fungus and are pollinated by flies. Some might be tempted to only look at this orchid through a reflection, but that is luckily unnecessary! 🐍🪞 #Orchids

Go outside!! Look up tonight #Aurora #NewYork #NoFilter #iPhone16Pro

Another #tetzoocon survivor. This Stegoceras skull (with magnetic mandible) can be found on my shop, Scaled Beast!

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Comet! That is all!

Sometimes the night sky is full of surprises. Take the sky over Lindis Pass, South Island, New Zealand one-night last week. Instead of a typically calm night sky filled with constant stars, a busy and dynamic night sky appeared. Suddenly visible were pervasive red aurora, green

Hey teachers, need a simple STEM starter for today? I showed my students how to make line art…just make an x & y axis up to 10, then connect 10 to 1, 9 to 2, etc and the lines will form curves!

Elon Musk Thanks for sharing my work! Here’s a higher-res copy of that composite at the end. I also have some higher resolution mobile wallpaper downloads on my website in my bio if anyone wants one!

mini-donkeys, a 🧵 I was sad tonight. Not crying or anything, just bummed, for pretty clear-cut unavoidable life reasons. But I still had to do the evening chores, evening chores being, as one would suppose, an every evening kind of thing

King Greenhood - Pterostylis baptistii - A native terrestrial orchid from southeast Australia. This plant is in the greenhouse. The flower is about 60mm high. #orchid #flowerphotography #flower Orchiholism

Today is World Wombat Day so I must again say that my favourite ever blessing is an Indigenous Australian one and it goes "may the wombat of happiness snuffle through your underbrush"

A few #Megalosaurus skulls added to scaled beast. (Use discount code ‘samhain’ for 15% off!!🤫)

I love the beak snapping. I presume the Great Kiskadee is enjoying the fast water drips. #Birds #Nature #CorpusChristiTx