#OnThisDay in 2001, at the age of 57, the German writer W. G. Sebald died while driving his car. In a special post we feature the many public domain books of which, and through which, Sebald speaks in his masterpiece The Rings of Saturn (1995) — publicdomainreview.org/collection/tex… #otd

I’ve put together this video of nearly every episode of Kilauea's ongoing eruption, just for you ❤️ They just keep getting more beautiful. I hope you enjoy it. Please share 🙏

On my list of badass favorites. The German Dornier Do 31 was the world's only jet-powered VTOL transport. Built with 2 vectored engines + 8 lift jets it was considered a technical success. First flew in 1967, wowed at 1969 Paris Air Show, canceled in 1970-due to costs.🤘😎

Apollo 15 Landing Site from 6km This incredible photo was captured by Dave Scott from Spur Crater on EVA-2. It shows the Lunar Module, Falcon on the Hadley Plain 6km in the distance! Scott said this is his favourite photo from the whole mission See pic 2 for close up

Apollo 11 LM Ascent from the Moon 16mm footage filmed from the command module Enhanced footage and music by Moonpans Original footage by Apollo Flight Journal

A textbook ice avalanche here. Precursory signals before the collapse ‼️, disintegration of the structure 🎳 and transformation from solid mechanics 🧊 to fluid dynamics 🌊 - granular flow ❄️ - and finally: formation of a suspended powder cloud ❄️🌬💨.

And another great documentary by ARTE. This two-part ARTE investigation is a brutal reality check for anyone still clinging to the fantasy that Russia is somehow “isolated” or “running out of steam.” What the films show, methodically and with receipts, is that Russia’s war

🚨: Final moments of a spacecraft as it flies into the Sun!

This Japanese model shows how earthquakes take place.

Klaus Kinski and Bruno Ganz (1979).

Bayes’ theorem is probably the single most important thing any rational person can learn. So many of our debates and disagreements that we shout about are because we don’t understand Bayes’ theorem or how human rationality often works. Bayes’ theorem is named after the

The review article on the 2026 Brain Prize winners' science is out: The cellular architecture of touch and pain, by Professor Fan Wang (MIT, US)

In the hellish furnace of Venus—where surface temperatures soar to ~460–470°C (860–880°F) and pressure crushes at about 92 times Earth's—the Soviet Venera 14 lander achieved something extraordinary: it not only survived long enough to operate but also captured one of the only

Encore une vidéo lunaire. Et depuis la surface, c’est encore plus spectaculaire comme celle-ci réalisée en avr.1972 par Charlie Duke et John Young, les astronautes d’#Apollo16 (Apollo Flight Journal/Mike Constantine) #Lachroniquespatiale

July 8, 2011, Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched for the final time. This video includes STS-135 footage from an on-board recording inside the orbiter cockpit, the television broadcast, NASA engineering cameras, and the mission control center in Houston, Texas.

🚨: Orion's camera view of its engine burn and climb out of Earths higher orbit to reach the Moon!

This video illustrates the "levante" phenomenon on the Rock of Gibraltar. The "levante" is an east wind carrying moisture from the Mediterranean. When it encounters the rock's steep terrain, it rises, cools, and condenses, creating clouds, mist, and fog. 📹 Met

This will undoubtedly go down as some of the best mobile phone footage ever captured. It shows Earth setting behind the Moon. 📹 Reid Wiseman