A rocket launch has several moments worth holding your breath for: ignition, clearing the tower, separation, and the landing. Which part of Falcon Heavy's debut would you most want to replay?
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Space
Rockets, planets, black holes, and the occasional existential crisis. Come stare at the universe with us. It's a pretty big place.
A plane crossing the Moon, a bird landing in exactly the right spot, or lightning arriving while the shutter is open: sometimes a picture is planning plus one very fortunate moment. Which coincidence would you love to catch?
Ingenuity's first powered flight on Mars took place in April 2021. The flight was short, but just getting an aircraft to work on another planet is the part that stays with me. Which would you rather watch up close: a Mars flight, a rover drive, or a lander touchdown?
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Released in July 2022, this view of SMACS 0723 is crowded with distant galaxies and foreground stars. Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI. Look for the curved arcs created by gravitational lensing.
The idea of seeing something through an instrument you assembled yourself is hard to beat. But I can also imagine spending every clear night adjusting it instead of observing. Which part of astronomy appeals to you more: the equipment or the view?