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# ![@wonderofscience Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::3101588527.png) @wonderofscience Wonder of Science

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman shares a profound realization about fear of heights and gravity while spacewalking. Meanwhile, various breathtaking natural wonders and phenomena are showcased, including the harvest moon, aurora borealis, and incredible animal abilities. Additionally, unique scientific visuals, such as neuron connections and crystal clear lakes, are being shared on social media.

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[countries](/list/countries)  [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  [finance](/list/finance)  [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) 

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[sea](/topic/sea) #606, [skin](/topic/skin) #960, [realtime](/topic/realtime) #89, [ocean](/topic/ocean) #94, [guatemala](/topic/guatemala) #250, [the world](/topic/the-world), [iguazu falls](/topic/iguazu-falls) #26, [sun](/topic/sun) #1378, [the amazing](/topic/the-amazing), [at least](/topic/at-least)

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"Stunning slo-mo tracking shot of a vapor cone forming around an F-18. 📽: Orange County Outdoors"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1994433099736768681)  2025-11-28T15:48Z 2.5M followers, 127.4K engagements


"The amazing piglet squid (Helicocranchia sp.) gets its nickname for its small round body wiggling tail and siphon that looks like the nose of a pig. 📽: MBARI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1994777367638937983)  2025-11-29T14:36Z 2.5M followers, 143.2K engagements


"The surprising interaction of two Shashibo Shape Shifting Boxes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1995970085174083983)  2025-12-02T21:35Z 2.5M followers, 162K engagements


"Cats have a precise method of walking called direct registering. Their hind paws fall inside the place of their forepaws minimizing noise and visible tracks while ensuring more stable footing. 📽: hanamomo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1996210309753602499)  2025-12-03T13:30Z 2.5M followers, 493.6K engagements


"The human hand is made up of XX bones XX joints and at least XXX named ligaments. 📽: SciePro"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1996227925851738459)  2025-12-03T14:40Z 2.5M followers, 70.9K engagements


"A mother and calf humpback whale escorted by a singing male encountered by marine biologist Caine Delacy in shallow waters in the South Pacific. (Sound on)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1996245038842495245)  2025-12-03T15:48Z 2.5M followers, 89.3K engagements


"An arctic fox shedding its winter coat. Arctic foxes are well adapted to the cold surviving temperatures as low as XX C (58 F). 📸: Kevin Morgans"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1997315592773157342)  2025-12-06T14:42Z 2.5M followers, 66.3K engagements


"This is what sunset looks like from space. 📽: ESA/NASA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1997660112803275073)  2025-12-07T13:31Z 2.5M followers, 101.2K engagements


"A land of fire and ice captured in mesmerizing real-time footage of lava flowing down a snow-covered mountain in Iceland. 📽: Marco Di Marco"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1998039865225875702)  2025-12-08T14:40Z 2.5M followers, 133.3K engagements


"Amazing footage of a megapod dolphins off the coast of San Diego California. 📽: _justalison_/ig"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1998056474711327168)  2025-12-08T15:46Z 2.5M followers, 80.1K engagements


"The tippe top is a spinning top that when set in motion spontaneously flips to spin on its narrow stem"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1998165453995380829)  2025-12-08T22:59Z 2.5M followers, 432.4K engagements


"An ice tsunami also known ice shove is caused by ocean currents strong winds or temperature differences pushing ice from an ocean or large lake onto the shore"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1998733435435937819)  2025-12-10T12:36Z 2.5M followers, 763.7K engagements


"Apollo XX lifts off from the Moon on December XX 1972 the last time humans visited the lunar surface and traveled beyond Earth's orbit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1993329830851469736)  2025-11-25T14:44Z 2.5M followers, 132.4K engagements


"Amazing footage of the extremely rare Glass Octopus (Vitreledonella richardi) filmed 651m (2135 ft) beneath the waves near the Phoenix Islands Archipelago"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1994383774923014455)  2025-11-28T12:32Z 2.5M followers, 134.1K engagements


"This is how helicopters refuel in midair. 📽: jaydav44/ig"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1995833577955627517)  2025-12-02T12:33Z 2.5M followers, 421.4K engagements


"A massive chunk of ice extending far below the water's surface detaches from a glacier and is launched 200ft (61m) into the air due to its lower density compared to seawater"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1996194203521700173)  2025-12-03T12:26Z 2.5M followers, 1.4M engagements


"Breathtaking timelapse of nightfall over Cerro Paranal in Chile. 📽: ESO/Jos Francisco Salgado"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1996573704516485434)  2025-12-04T13:34Z 2.5M followers, 46.3K engagements


"The seeds of Shorea siamensis encased in a samara - a winged achene aiding in wind dispersal display a helicopter-like spin as they fall efficiently spreading across the forest. 📽: Tomoki Sando"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1996919860077666327)  2025-12-05T12:29Z 2.5M followers, 58.7K engagements


"Newton's first law of motion demonstrated with dirt on a tennis racket. 📽: philip_tennis/ig"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1996952701880750105)  2025-12-05T14:40Z 2.5M followers, 524.8K engagements


"Incredible compilation of lightning over Volcn de Agua Guatemala captured as a storm approaches"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1997281870434951456)  2025-12-06T12:28Z 2.5M followers, 66.2K engagements


"Amazing aurora over Senja Island in Northern Norway"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1997676721995386961)  2025-12-07T14:37Z 2.5M followers, 53.4K engagements


"Adult iguanas shed their skin about about once every year. 📽: lizardthebuddy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1997694086644486241)  2025-12-07T15:46Z 2.5M followers, 271.6K engagements


"The red-billed streamertail (Trochilus polytmus) also known as the doctor bird scissor-tail or scissors tail hummingbird is the most widespread hummingbird in Jamaica"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1998022501088018620)  2025-12-08T13:31Z 2.5M followers, 68.6K engagements


"A mesmerizing abalone shell sculpture made with dichroic glass that changes color depending on the light created by artist Jeremy Sinkus"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1998400743108399388)  2025-12-09T14:34Z 2.5M followers, 139.2K engagements


"A 22-million-year-old termite preserved in amber. 📽: Rocks for the Spirit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1998751051139395895)  2025-12-10T13:46Z 2.5M followers, 183.1K engagements


"A day passing on planet Earth seen from 36000 kilometers (22000 miles) by the satellite Himawari-8. (Watch full screen)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1995867802872303860)  2025-12-02T14:49Z 2.5M followers, 73.6K engagements


"Read more about these magnetic puzzle cubes on the product page (paid link):"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1995977526208774176)  2025-12-02T22:05Z 2.5M followers, 18.7K engagements


"Watch the strange life-like behavior of small ball bearings in castor oil when exposed to an electric fielda fascinating display of self-organization. 📽: Stanford Complexity Group"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1991535255254118562)  2025-11-20T15:53Z 2.5M followers, 637.2K engagements


"Holographic 3D design with a volumetric display"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1991881033235775699)  2025-11-21T14:47Z 2.5M followers, 109.1K engagements


"Mechanical principles demonstrated with Lego. 📽: Brick Experiment Channel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1993799305396933012)  2025-11-26T21:49Z 2.5M followers, 424.6K engagements


"Spectacular footage of upward lightning on Volcn de Agua in Guatemala. 📽: Douglas Steele"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1994743267892892157)  2025-11-29T12:20Z 2.5M followers, 243.1K engagements


"The male pufferfish tries to impress potential mates with his masterpiece"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1995110059815436308)  2025-11-30T12:38Z 2.5M followers, 66.5K engagements


"The female blanket octopus unfurls a long cape when threatened to intimidate predators and will tear tentacles off the poisonous Portuguese man-of-war to use as weapons. 📽: Joseph Elayani"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1995127424502378721)  2025-11-30T13:47Z 2.5M followers, 462.1K engagements


"A V16 engine built from Lego. 📽: bric_workshop"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1995469679675232653)  2025-12-01T12:27Z 2.5M followers, 351.2K engagements


"Amazing footage of the flocking behavior of starlings known as murmuration. 📽: Richard Sykes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1995518878483620143)  2025-12-01T15:42Z 2.5M followers, 51.9K engagements


"How to remove permanent marker. 📽: MKBHD"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1995980042220753346)  2025-12-02T22:15Z 2.5M followers, 438.2K engagements


"A stunning example of cloud iridescence caused by small ice crystals scattering the sun's rays filmed in Narathiwat Thailand. 📽: Orawan Thongchinda"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1996968304628715753)  2025-12-05T15:42Z 2.5M followers, 72.7K engagements


"The speed of a chamois running down a mountain. 📽: Zian Perrot-Couttet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1997298983312777359)  2025-12-06T13:36Z 2.5M followers, 115K engagements


"What a CT scanner looks like beneath the cover. 📽: Native Imaging Services"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1997437143795237005)  2025-12-06T22:45Z 2.5M followers, 689.4K engagements


"This lizard (Anolis aquaticus) can hide underwater for up to XX minutes to evade predators with a recycled air bubble that clings to its head. 📽: Dr. Lindsey Swierk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1998767409143099645)  2025-12-10T14:51Z 2.5M followers, 56.3K engagements


"The largest centipede species in the world the Amazonian giant centipede (Scolopendra gigantea) can grow longer than 30cm (12 in). 📽: the_inverts_kingdom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1992585172642869702)  2025-11-23T13:25Z 2.5M followers, 96K engagements


"This isn't CGI it's a real-life creature known as a sea angel (Clione limacina) found in the cold waters of the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans. 📽: Alexander Semenov"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1953859248401920261)  2025-08-08T16:42Z 2.5M followers, 127.3K engagements


"Located on the Iguazu River on the border of the Argentine province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Paran Iguazu Falls is wider than Victoria Falls and higher than Niagara and comprises XXX individual falls. Further reading:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1967031796354474309)  2025-09-14T01:05Z 2.5M followers, 35.4K engagements


"The stunning sight as dozens of hot air balloons take flight over Cappadocia Turkey. Hot air balloons use a burner to heat the air utilizing the fact that hot air is less dense than cold air allowing the balloon to rise into the sky. 📽: Elza Islamova"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1992616126405345417)  2025-11-23T15:28Z 2.5M followers, 79.5K engagements


"Sea turtle taking a nap on an algae pillow. Sleeping sea turtles can stay underwater for XX hours"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1994416741443833870)  2025-11-28T14:43Z 2.5M followers, 67K engagements


"King cobra shedding its skin. 📽: pacinthesink/ig"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1994760506444242965)  2025-11-29T13:29Z 2.5M followers, 175K engagements


"The dynamic moving curtain on the facade of the Bund Finance Building in Shanghai. 📽: Laurian Ghinioiu"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1933910551429804170)  2025-06-14T15:33Z 2.5M followers, 312.9K engagements


"Spectacular timelapse of an aurora and Moon-rise over Earth from the International Space Station (view fullscreen)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1933925650756501687)  2025-06-14T16:33Z 2.5M followers, 195.5K engagements


"The spectacular Iguazu Falls between Argentina and Brazil stretch XXX km (1.7 mi) along the Iguazu River making them the largest waterfall system in the world. 📽: kevnbourassa/ig"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1966907225005527485)  2025-09-13T16:50Z 2.5M followers, 137.4K engagements


"An efficient and vicious microscopic hunter the single-cell organism Lacrymaria olor attacks and consumes another single-cell organism. 📽: James Weiss"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1969078532187042163)  2025-09-19T16:38Z 2.5M followers, 877K engagements


"Fascinating low-angle satellite photo of New York City. 📸: dailyoverview/ig"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1970274388487585859)  2025-09-22T23:49Z 2.5M followers, 1.5M engagements


"Isolated groups of neurons trying to connect to each other through micro-tunnels captured in time-lapse with a microscope. 📽: Dr. Renaud Renault"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1973758368205668853)  2025-10-02T14:34Z 2.5M followers, 1.1M engagements


"Halloween hand illusion by Luca Gallone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1980378991199769085)  2025-10-20T21:01Z 2.5M followers, 4M engagements


"What song instantly takes you back to your childhood"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1985109664686543025)  2025-11-02T22:20Z 2.5M followers, 77.8K engagements


"A butternut woollyworm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1985516722351390778)  2025-11-04T01:17Z 2.5M followers, 2.9M engagements


"Educational maze toy for kids. 📽: kidsgiftsstuff_shop"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1993810367278141714)  2025-11-26T22:33Z 2.5M followers, 591.7K engagements


"Two neurons under a microscope sensing one another and connecting. 📽: Dr Lila Landowski"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1994056115085074573)  2025-11-27T14:50Z 2.5M followers, 672.7K engagements


"Generating power from waves. 📽: CorPower Ocean"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1995161398343770602)  2025-11-30T16:02Z 2.5M followers, 409.6K engagements


"Close encounter with a snow leopard. 📽: Philippe Matteini"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1995851193139298792)  2025-12-02T13:43Z 2.5M followers, 189.7K engagements


"Malachite is a green copper carbonate hydroxide mineral that forms at shallow depths in the oxidizing zone above copper deposits. Further reading:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1996319780882542914)  2025-12-03T20:45Z 2.5M followers, 31.4K engagements


"Mylar emergency blankets keep you warm by reflecting your radiant heat back toward you and are small enough to fit in a pocket or glove box"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1996710674542874992)  2025-12-04T22:38Z 2.5M followers, 47.1K engagements


"Comet NEOWISE over Stonehenge. 📸: Declan Deval"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1996935337428562258)  2025-12-05T13:31Z 2.5M followers, 55.3K engagements


"This moving sand art creates mesmerizing patterns with the layered effect resulting from the dynamic interaction of sands of varying densities falling through a layer of air bubbles"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1997060791116398823)  2025-12-05T21:49Z 2.5M followers, 62.6K engagements


"A stunning timelapse of the Sun created using 40000 photos captured over X hours with a solar telescope. 📽: Shannon Norton"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1998384888668676123)  2025-12-09T13:31Z 2.5M followers, 115.4K engagements


"The Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) is known for its distinctive bright blue feet which males use in courtship dances to attract mates"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1988632124950487434)  2025-11-12T15:37Z 2.5M followers, 222.1K engagements


"A wrens voice is loud and clear despite its small size. 📽: Lawrence Chatton"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1990427707096674437)  2025-11-17T14:32Z 2.5M followers, 388K engagements


"A combination of orographic clouds and the setting sun creates the illusion of flames on the Meili Snow Mountains in China"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1992569569567981831)  2025-11-23T12:23Z 2.5M followers, 93K engagements


"What sci-fi technology you dreamed of as a kid is real now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1993096202901242223)  2025-11-24T23:15Z 2.5M followers, 42.8K engagements


"An deep sea encounter with a Big-Eye Jellyhead octopus (Cirrothauma cf. magna) seen in a timelapse at a depth of 4800m (15750 feet). 📽: Deep Sea Research Centre"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1994072472602423731)  2025-11-27T15:55Z 2.5M followers, 96.1K engagements


"Contemplate the incredible vastness of space with this visualization of the size of our Milky Way galaxy. 📽: NASA/JPL-Caltech"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1995144788622885342)  2025-11-30T14:56Z 2.5M followers, 142.2K engagements


"The stunning Mystic Mountain in the Carina Nebula a three-light-year-tall pillar of gas dust and newborn stars captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. 📸: NASA/ESA/M.Livio(STScI)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1995502898118054122)  2025-12-01T14:39Z 2.5M followers, 45.6K engagements


"Beautiful velvet malachite crystal. 📽: Rocks for the Spirit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1996306738539295124)  2025-12-03T19:53Z 2.5M followers, 135.3K engagements


"Malachite crystals can be purchased online (paid link):"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1996312231043019146)  2025-12-03T20:15Z 2.5M followers, 26.8K engagements


"Harpy eagles with facial disk feathers enhancing hearing excellent eyesight and a flexible neck are adept at hunting their primary prey tree-dwelling mammals"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1996557600603668928)  2025-12-04T12:30Z 2.5M followers, 78.6K engagements


"Ice cave in Alaska. 📽: John Derting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1996591068339671314)  2025-12-04T14:43Z 2.5M followers, 70.7K engagements


"Dolphins surfing waves in crystal clear waters off the coast of Esperance Western Australia. 📽: Jaimen Hudson"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1996606923399893469)  2025-12-04T15:46Z 2.5M followers, 91.6K engagements


"The sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica) closing its leaves in real-time when touched a response to deter predators. 📽: esolophotography/ig"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1998784522330996751)  2025-12-10T15:59Z 2.5M followers, 47.9K engagements


"Sea otters rub their faces to groom their fur; driving out moisture adding air and spreading natural oils secreted by their skin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/1999111677502005406)  2025-12-11T13:39Z 2.5M followers, 28.8K engagements