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Most recent DSLR/mirrorless cameras now have a "time-lapse mode" which allows you to create a time-lapse very easily without any editing. Once activated, you'll just have to point the camera the the Milky Way, focus, and launch it!

In mathematics, space is defined as a boundless, three-dimensional continuum where objects can have relative positions, directions and size.

The desire to stack rocks is understandable from a practical, aesthetic, and spiritual perspective

Our muscles work in 3 different ways; to shorten and produce movement, to stay the same length and hold a position, and to lengthen while slowing or braking our movement. Walking downhill causes our muscles to lengthen while slowing us down, to control the momentum that is created by the downhill itself.

A Time-lapse video is a series of still images capturing a scene that has a slow state-of-change and plays back in high speed when turned into a video. A time-lapse video consists of frames separated by a fixed time interval.

Like an airplane's jet engine, a rocket creates thrust by expelling mass to take advantage of Sir Isaac Newton's third law (see above). In both systems, combustion increases the temperature of gas in the engine, whereupon it expands and rushes out through a nozzle. The vehicle is accelerated in the opposite direction.

A Milky Way time-lapse is a sequence of photos that document the movement of stars. It is also known as a star time lapse. You can get amazing Milky Way time-lapse results with the right location, settings, and techniques.

Choose a suitable location, abiding by current travel restrictions. Assemble your tripod, camera and intervalometer. Take a series of test shots to establish good composition. Focus the camera on the stars and leave the lens in manual focus mode. Leave the camera running for the duration of the time-lapse.

The "must-have technologies" include a deep space atomic clock, a large solar sail and a more advanced laser communications system to improve communication, navigation, and propulsion in future missions.

"animation of the rotating cosmic nebulae with dark stardust clouds"

Studying nebulae helps scientists understand the life cycle of stars. Did you know our Sun got its start in a stellar nursery? Over 4.5 billion years ago, some gas and dust in a nebula clumped together due to gravity, and a baby Sun was born. The process to form a baby star itself can take a million years or more.

Helmet. The helmet on spacesuits built for spacewalks serves as a pressure bubble and is made of strong plastic to keep the pressure of the suit contained. It also has a ventilation system that provides astronauts with oxygen. Helmets also contain a small foam block that astronauts can use to scratch their noses.

The first woman to travel in space was Soviet cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova. On 16 June 1963, Tereshkova was launched on a solo mission aboard the spacecraft Vostok 6. She spent more than 70 hours orbiting the Earth, two years after Yuri Gagarin's first human-crewed flight in space.

NASA stays in contact with astronauts orbiting more than 250 miles above Earth with a network of communications satellites and ground-based antennas. Together, they make up NASA's Space Network. A constellation of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS) form the space-based portion of the network.

An Astronaut standing near the edge of a cliff

Walking uphill was similar to hopping, while walking downhill was more like skipping, Duke recounted.

The brightest and largest object in our night sky, the Moon makes Earth a more livable planet by moderating our home planet's wobble on its axis, leading to a relatively stable climate. It also causes tides, creating a rhythm that has guided humans for thousands of years.

The moon orbits the earth once per month, and the earth orbits the sun once per year. This happens because all bodies with mass in the universe attract each other. The earth's pull on the moon keeps the moon in orbit, and the sun's pull on the earth keeps the earth in orbit.

The Moon rotates, but it rotates at the same speed that it orbits around Earth. This keeps the same side always turned toward us. We call this being “tidally locked.” The Moon has no glow of its own, but shines with the reflected light of the Sun.

The Moon is Earth's sole natural satellite and nearest large celestial body. It is a spherical rocky body, probably with a small metallic core, revolving around Earth in a slightly eccentric orbit at a mean distance of about 384,000 km (238,600 miles). Its equatorial radius is 1,738 km (1,080 miles).

From a vantage point above the north pole of either the Sun or Earth, Earth would appear to revolve in a counterclockwise direction around the Sun. From the same vantage point, both the Earth and the Sun would appear to rotate also in a counterclockwise direction about their respective axes.

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An Astronaut walking uphill

Many satellites carry gold-coated mylar sheets to protect them from solar heat. A thin layer of gold on an astronaut's helmet visor fends off dangerous effects of solar radiation.

During a total lunar eclipse, the lunar surface turns a rusty red color, earning the nickname "blood moon". The eerie red appearance is caused by sunlight interacting with Earth's atmosphere. When sunlight reaches Earth, our atmosphere scatters and filters different wavelengths.