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Interesting fact: Titan is the only place in the solar system, other than Earth, that has lakes and oceans on its surface.

WorldAndScience's tweet image. Interesting fact: Titan is the only place in the solar system, other than Earth, that has lakes and oceans on its surface.

The dense core of the Milky Way spread across the sky above one of the Auxiliary Telescopes of ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) (Credit: Y. Beletsky/ESO)

WorldAndScience's tweet image. The dense core of the Milky Way spread across the sky above one of the Auxiliary Telescopes of ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT)

(Credit: Y. Beletsky/ESO)

Immerse yourself in the celestial magnificence of the vast star system Pismis 24-1, cradled in the swirling colors of the nebula NGC 6357. (Credit: NASA, ESA, Jesœs Maz Apellÿniz, Davide De Martin)

WorldAndScience's tweet image. Immerse yourself in the celestial magnificence of the vast star system Pismis 24-1, cradled in the swirling colors of the nebula NGC 6357. 

(Credit: NASA, ESA, Jesœs Maz Apellÿniz, Davide De Martin)

Fascinating book! A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains: amzn.to/4mJLCt7 -AmazonAfflink


Do you think the deep-sea holds more secrets than outer space?


Do you believe it is possible for humans to colonize other planets in the foreseeable future?


Fascinating: Krill swarms can get 8,000,000 cubic meters (with as many as 30,000 in one cubic meter) and weigh 15,000 times more than a blue whale!

WorldAndScience's tweet image. Fascinating: Krill swarms can get 8,000,000 cubic meters (with as many as 30,000 in one cubic meter) and weigh 15,000 times more than a blue whale!

Great book! An illuminating guide to the scientific and technological achievements of the Middle Ages The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science: amzn.to/3nLZkzY -AmazonAfflink


Should the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) be a funding priority?


We are not figuratively, but literally stardust..

WorldAndScience's tweet image. We are not figuratively, but literally stardust..

Spectacular: Rays and shadows streaming from the centre of the nearby galaxy IC 5063, caused by a supermassive black hole and a dusty ring around it. This effect, similar to sunset rays on Earth, stretches across 36,000 light-years! Credit: NASA, ESA, and W.P. Maksym (CfA)

WorldAndScience's tweet image. Spectacular: Rays and shadows streaming from the centre of the nearby galaxy IC 5063, caused by a supermassive black hole and a dusty ring around it. 

This effect, similar to sunset rays on Earth, stretches across 36,000 light-years!

Credit: NASA, ESA, and W.P. Maksym (CfA)

A breathtaking perspective of Terzan 4, a globular cluster packed with millions of stars gravitationally bound together in cosmic harmony. (Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Cohen)

WorldAndScience's tweet image. A breathtaking perspective of Terzan 4, a globular cluster packed with millions of stars gravitationally bound together in cosmic harmony.

(Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Cohen)

Until the End of Time... Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe: amzn.to/3kvWE7O -AmazonAfflink


Meet spiral galaxy UGC 11397. The light in this image began its journey about 250 million years ago—long before the first dinosaurs walked the Earth! (Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. J. Koss, A. J. Barth)

WorldAndScience's tweet image. Meet spiral galaxy UGC 11397.

The light in this image began its journey about 250 million years ago—long before the first dinosaurs walked the Earth!

(Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. J. Koss, A. J. Barth)

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