A “hypothesis”, Or A “science Headcanon”,

domestication syndrome is one of the coolest findings from recent genetics

our next (and final?) space project is a brochure!! we have to do it on planets, which means no more pluto memes. mine is “a special sojourn on saturn” look at all that awesome alliteration. nothing beats alliteration. not even rhyming. okay maybe rhyming is pretty great but alliteration, the alliteration is totally on point here. 

Chemical Space Gardens

You know that colorful crystal garden you grew as a kid?

Yeah, we do that in space now. 

Chemical Gardens, a new investigation aboard the International Space Station takes a classic science experiment to space with the hope of improving our understanding of gravity’s impact on their structural formation.

Here on Earth, chemical gardens are most often used to teach students about things like chemical reactions.

Chemical gardens form when dissolvable metal salts are placed in an aqueous solution containing anions such as silicate, borate, phosphate, or carbonate.

Delivered to the space station aboard SpaceX’S CRS-15 cargo mission, the samples for this experiment will be processed by crew members and grown throughout Expedition 56 before returning to Earth.

Results from this investigation could provide a better understanding of cement science and improvements to biomaterial devices used for scaffolding, for use both in space and on Earth. 

Follow the growth of the chemical garden and the hundreds of other investigations constantly orbiting above you by following @ISS_Research on Twitter.

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A sand pendulum that creates a beautiful pattern only by its movement.

But  why does the ellipse change shape?

The pattern gets smaller because energy is not conserved (and in fact decreases) in the system. The mass in the pendulum gets smaller and the center of mass lowers as a function of time. Easy as that, an amazing pattern arises through the laws of physics.

someone has waited their entire career to use this headline

i really looooove science. i love the scientific method. i love the mindset science invokes. weird ass chemistry biophysics and neuroscience and giant gaseous clouds in the universe and fricken volcanoes. just the fact that we know all we know. w o w

Jupiter has 12 newly discovered moons!! I really relate to Valetudo, for some reason…

“keep these & see what happens” is that a threat

anyways, my pluto poster somehow got a 40/40 that’s rad

perhaps people will finally see the error of their nostalgic ways