I want to dedicate this thread to all the amazing scientific images I have come across while surfing the web. I hope you all enjoy.



Stars in Cygnus X
Courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/Harvard-Smithsonia CfA

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope snagged this beautiful cosmic shot of the Cygnus X star formation. Color-coded, it shows the different ingredients required to create a star.

Russian Cosmonauts
Courtesy of NASA

This disorienting shot shows two Russian cosmonauts outside the International Space Station. They spent almost six hours on a spacewalk this week, outfitting the station with new parts.

Compressed Air Car
AirPod

They said it couldn't be done, yet lo and behold: a car that looks like a scrunched SmartCar. Just introduced by India's Tata Motors, it's called the AirPod, and it impressively runs only on compressed air. Vehicles like this have been in development for a while, but the makers say this one will be available soon for $10,000.

Nuclear Plant
Reuters/Ruben Sprich

Hollywood imaginings of nuclear sites, it turns out, are actually pretty close to the real thing. This rare photo was snapped by Reuters photographer Ruben Sprich during a yearly inspection of the Muehleberg nuclear power station in Switzerland. The cosmic blue glow is a result of Cherenkov radiation, an electromagnetic radiation seen in reactors.

Moonglow
Michael Benson

Benson stitched together a series of photographs taken from the International Space Station in 2010 to create this image of the moon reflecting off the Adriatic Sea between Italy and Croatia. The perspective is from the north looking south. Milan is to the lower right. Rome and Naples are visible as well.

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A Rare Photo of Armstrong
NASA

Despite taking the glory for being the first man on the moon, not many photos of Neil Armstrong are around--most of the time he was holding the camera and doing the photography. This shot, as Gizmodo points out, might be the only clear one we have of him on the surface. It was first uncovered by space author Andrew Chaikin, and included in his book, "Voices from the Moon."

Japanese Mega Bot
Plastic Pals

This four-ton robot, created by Suidobashi Heavy Industry, is trained to shoot BBs at smiling humans--6,000 BBs per minute, no less.

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