On Dec. 5, 2022, a team at LLNL's @lasers_llnl conducted the first controlled fusion experiment in history to achieve fusion ignition. Also known as scientific energy breakeven, the experiment produced more energy from fusion than the laser energy used to drive it.
Splashdown.
After traveling 1.4 million miles through space, orbiting the Moon, and collecting data that will prepare us to send astronauts on future #Artemis missions, the @NASA_Orion spacecraft is home.
A Neuronal Growth Cone- the motive and sensory machine that guides an extending axon to its signaling target (e.g., another neuron or a muscle cell). Photographed through a microscope. Actin filaments and microtubules are shown. #CellBiology
Corn Stalks and Walnut Tree:
2 hr vs 7.5hr #startrail photos. The cloud coverage was scattered & passed quickly, but did make a huge impact 🤷♂️ In the second photo, you can clearly see Polaris rotating through the night sky 💫
I'll try again next weekend
#Astrophotography 📸