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By European Space Agency (ESA) May 17, 2022ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti captured pictures of the May 2022 lunar eclipse from the International Space Station.On the evening of May 15, 2022, Earth passed between the Sun and the Moon blocking sunlight and casting a shadow on the lunar surface. ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti witnessed this lunar eclipse from the International Space Station and captured it in a series of photographs.During a lunar eclipse, Earth’s atmosphere scatters sunlight. The blue light from…

Image via Crunchyroll After ending its theatrical run, Jujutsu Kaisen 0 is coming to Blu-ray and DVD in Japan, and collectors can score themselves an impressive collectors bundle including a spectacular piece of art from the film. Shared to the anime’s social media accounts and on the movie’s website, the new Blu-ray and DVD collections for the film were revealed showcasing a massive battle sequence between Geto and the students of Tokyo’s Jujutsu High, Yuta, Panda, Maki, Toge, and of course their teacher, Gojo.…

By ESA/Hubble May 15, 2022Hubble Space Telescope image of the globular cluster NGC 6558. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. CohenThis glittering gathering of stars is the globular cluster NGC 6558, and it was captured by the <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>NASA</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Established in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States…

The most violent moment during the eruption of the Calbuco volcano in Chile. Credit: Francisco NegroniYou’ve undoubtedly gazed out of the window to marvel at a lightning storm in all its glory. Thunderstorms are certainly a sight to behold, but another, much less common form of lightning is even more spectacular. As the name suggests, volcanic lightning is a lightning storm that occurs during a volcanic eruption. The science behind why it happens is more complicated than a regular lightning storm.What Is Volcanic…

Learn more about the best-known black hole systems in our galaxy and its neighbor, the Large Magellanic Cloud. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and Scientific Visualization StudioThis visualization shows 22 X-ray binaries in our <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Milky Way</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains the Earth, and is named for its appearance from Earth. It is a…

Deep beneath the waters of Monterey Bay, researchers in California have filmed an extremely rare deep-sea fish.At first glance, the little fella looks sort of like a bronze shimmery cigar floating on end, but the feverish wiggle of its tail gives the creature's true identity away.   The little bronze beauty is known to scientists as a highfin dragonfish (Bathophilus flemingi), and of all the deep-sea dragonfish in Monterey Bay, this is one of the rarest."In more than three decades of deep-sea research and more than…