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It’s our 196th birthday! 🧪 When the Museum of Science was founded in 1830, astronomers had never observed Neptune, did not yet know the asteroid belt existed, and believed Ceres was a planet rather than the first asteroid ever discovered. Our understanding of the Moon was so limited that a famous hoax convinced people that bat-winged beings lived on its surface. Since then, science has transformed how we understand planets, asteroids, and moons across the solar system. Today, the Moon is one of
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It’s our 196th birthday! 🧪 When the Museum of Science was founded in 1830, astronomers had never observed Neptune, did not yet know the asteroid belt existed, and believed Ceres was a planet rather than the first asteroid ever discovered. Our understanding of the Moon was so limited that a famous hoax convinced people that bat-winged beings lived on its surface. Since then, science has transformed how we understand planets, asteroids, and moons across the solar system. Today, the Moon is one of
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The universe is packed with galaxies, but still most of it is astonishingly empty. 🌌 Astrophysicist Erika Hamden breaks down how our galaxy alone contains hundreds of billions of stars, and the observable universe holds hundreds of billions of galaxies spread across an unimaginably vast volume of space. When scientists calculate the average density of the universe, it comes out to roughly one proton per three cubic meters. The matter we see stands out because gravity pulls it into dense cluster
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The universe is packed with galaxies, but still most of it is astonishingly empty. 🌌 Astrophysicist Erika Hamden breaks down how our galaxy alone contains hundreds of billions of stars, and the observable universe holds hundreds of billions of galaxies spread across an unimaginably vast volume of space. When scientists calculate the average density of the universe, it comes out to roughly one proton per three cubic meters. The matter we see stands out because gravity pulls it into dense cluster
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The universe is calling. Travel to never-before-seen cosmic landscapes and newly discovered exoplanets as Deep Sky unveils the universe in extraordinary detail. Experience the stunning imagery from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope — all on New England’s only IMAX® Dome screen. | Museum of Science, Boston
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The universe is calling. Travel to never-before-seen cosmic landscapes and newly discovered exoplanets as Deep Sky unveils the universe in extraordinary detail. Experience the stunning imagery from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope — all on New England’s only IMAX® Dome screen. | Museum of Science, Boston
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Unsinkable metal sounds impossible, but nature did it first. 🌊 Scientists at the University of Rochester etched microscopic pits into metal tubes that trap air and create a buoyant shield powered by surface tension, keeping water out. Inspired by diving bell spiders and floating fire ants, this biomimicry breakthrough allows the metal to rise back to the surface even when forced underwater or punctured. This discovery could strengthen offshore wind and wave energy platforms.By mimicking nature’
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Unsinkable metal sounds impossible, but nature did it first. 🌊 Scientists at the University of Rochester etched microscopic pits into metal tubes that trap air and create a buoyant shield powered by surface tension, keeping water out. Inspired by diving bell spiders and floating fire ants, this biomimicry breakthrough allows the metal to rise back to the surface even when forced underwater or punctured. This discovery could strengthen offshore wind and wave energy platforms.By mimicking nature’
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If you stood on the Moon, you’d see Earth frozen in one spot in the sky. 🌍 Astrophysicist Erika Hamden unpacks how tidal locking, a gravitational effect that causes the Moon to rotate once for every orbit around Earth, keeps one side of the Moon permanently facing us. It’s why we always see the same lunar face from Earth, and why Earth would stay fixed in the sky for anyone standing on the Moon. You’d still see Earth slowly rotate, with different continents turning into view, but it would never
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If you stood on the Moon, you’d see Earth frozen in one spot in the sky. 🌍 Astrophysicist Erika Hamden unpacks how tidal locking, a gravitational effect that causes the Moon to rotate once for every orbit around Earth, keeps one side of the Moon permanently facing us. It’s why we always see the same lunar face from Earth, and why Earth would stay fixed in the sky for anyone standing on the Moon. You’d still see Earth slowly rotate, with different continents turning into view, but it would never
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Octopuses are colorblind, yet they’re some of the most skilled camouflage artists in the animal kingdom. 🐙​ Their skin is covered in chromatophores, tiny pigment organs they control to shift color and texture on command, blending perfectly with their surroundings. Their eyes don’t detect color at all, but nearly two-thirds of their brains are devoted to processing visual information. So how does a colorblind animal visually match its environment so precisely? This question remains one of the mo
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Octopuses are colorblind, yet they’re some of the most skilled camouflage artists in the animal kingdom. 🐙​ Their skin is covered in chromatophores, tiny pigment organs they control to shift color and texture on command, blending perfectly with their surroundings. Their eyes don’t detect color at all, but nearly two-thirds of their brains are devoted to processing visual information. So how does a colorblind animal visually match its environment so precisely? This question remains one of the mo
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Did you know microbiology began with a single drop of pond water? 🔬🌊 Quinten Geldhof, also known as Microhobbyist, explores how Antonie van Leeuwenhoek became the first person to observe microorganisms in 1674. Using lenses he crafted himself, van Leeuwenhoek discovered a hidden world filled with life. He observed protozoa, rotifers, and nematodes, creatures no one had seen before. His curiosity revealed the existence of single-celled life and sparked the beginning of microbiology as a scienti
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NASA just captured a comet from another solar system, from nearly every angle. 🛰️ Comet 3I/ATLAS isn’t just any comet, it’s interstellar, formed in a different star system and now offering a rare look at alien material passing through ours. Scientists are using images from spacecraft orbiting Mars, heading to Jupiter, watching the Sun, and more to study its composition. These observations help us understand how solar systems like ours form and evolve. It’s a rare chance to compare our cosmic ne
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Fireballs may streak across the southern sky as the Alpha Centaurids Meteor Shower peaks overnight February 8–9. ☄️ Active February 3 to 20 and peaking overnight February 8 to 9, the Alpha Centaurids usually produce a few meteors per hour, but rare bursts of 20 to 30 and brilliant fireballs make them worth watching. They’re best seen after midnight from the Southern Hemisphere, with possible glimpses from South Florida, Texas, and southern Asia near the southern horizon. #MeteorShower #Space #As
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NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration just rolled out the Space Launch System (SLS), an 11-million-pound rocket built to return humans to the moon. 🚀🌕 This powerful launch vehicle will carry the Artemis II mission, sending four astronauts around the Moon and beyond Earth orbit for the first time since Apollo 17. It took 12 hours to move the rocket just four miles to the launch pad. With over 8.8 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, the SLS is NASA’s most powerful rocket to date.
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Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system, but did you know it nearly became a star? ⭐️ Astrophysicist Erika Hamden explains that while Jupiter is massive, it would need to be about 80 times more massive to initiate nuclear fusion and become even a small star. This threshold is why Jupiter never ignited. Had it gained enough mass, the Sun might have shared our solar system with a second star, potentially disrupting the protoplanetary disk that formed Earth. That gravitational presence co
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Rare Blue Moon - Don't Miss it!
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Absolutely everyone was at the Boston Science Museum today!
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Exploring the Amazing Boston Science Museum! 🔬⚡️ #shorts #boston #bostonscientific
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How did the Moon form? 🌕💥 Astrophysicist Erika Hamden breaks down the giant impact theory, which suggests an object the size of Mars collided with early Earth, liquefying the surface and launching debris that formed the Moon, all in 24 hours. This project is part of IF/THEN, an initiative of Lyda Hill Philanthropies. | Museum of Science, Boston
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How heavy is a teaspoon of neutron star? 🥄💥 Astrophysicist Erika Hamden explains how this stellar core remnant weighs more than a mountain because it’s packed with neutrons under crushing gravity. It’s the densest matter in the universe before becoming a black hole. On Earth? It would instantly explode. #Space #Science #WomeninSTEM #Astrophysics #Universe #Astronomy This project is part of IF/THEN®, an initiative of Lyda Hill Philanthropies. | Museum of Science, Boston
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What does a giant cloud in space smell like? 🍓✨ Astrophysicist Erika Hamden explains how a giant cloud called Sagittarius B2 smells like raspberries because it’s full of ethyl formate, the molecule behind the fruit’s sweet scent. Astronomers were searching for amino acids. Instead? They found a cosmic hint of rum and berries. #Space #Science #WomeninSTEM #Astrophysics #Universe #Astronomy This project is part of IF/THEN, an initiative of Lyda Hill Philanthropies. | Museum of Science, Boston
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