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The Russian Phobos-Grunt Mars mission launches on November 8, 2011
Phobos Flop?
Friday, November 11, 2011
The glow of the aurora from the International Space Station
Heavenly Lightshow
Sunday, November 6, 2011
The moon Phobos floats above Mars
Martian Target
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Galileo view of Gaspra, the first asteroid visited by a spacecraft
First Encounter
Saturday, October 29, 2011
An artist's concept of the darkest planet yet discovered
Dark World
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Cassini view of Saturn's moon Enceladus in front of the planet's rings
Saturnian Encounter
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Two globular clusters; a previously known one at right, and a new one in circle
Star City
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
An aquanaut practices space exploration techniques underwater
Diving into the Future
Monday, October 17, 2011
The giant volcano Pele erupts on Jupiter's moon Io
Fire Mountain
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Craters fill an ancient river channel on Mars
Martian Rapids
Monday, October 10, 2011
Radio image of the Antenna galaxies
Boundless Starbirth
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Artist's concept of a starship
To Boldly Go...
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Stars and gas swirl around the black hole at the center of the Milky Way
Swirling Center
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
IC 2944, a stellar nursery in the constellation Centaurus
Seeing Red
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Artist's concept of global ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa
Water World
Friday, September 16, 2011
A thick torus of dust encircles a quasar
Water Works
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

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