Posted on July 9, 2025July 10, 2025Categories Science   Leave a comment on NASA astronaut captures rare lightning that actually shoots toward space

NASA astronaut captures rare lightning that actually shoots toward space

This sci-fi picture is real. As the International Space Station whizzed over Mexico and the United States — before floodwaters catastrophically rose in Central Texas — a NASA astronaut watched the storms from miles above. Nichole Ayers set up her camera to record a time-lapse movie in the orbiting laboratory’s cupola on Thursday. …

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Moon phase today: What the moon will look like on July 9, 2025

It's almost a full moon. The full moon is just a day out, so what does that mean for tonight’s moon? Keep reading to find out. Today is the 14th day of the lunar cycle, a recurring series of eight unique phases of the moon’s visibility. The whole cycle takes about 29.5 days (<a href="https://moon.nasa.gov/" rel="noopener" …