Featured Images

Optical and X-ray image of the galaxy cluster Abell 383
Brilliant Darkness
Friday, March 16, 2012
Hubble Space Telescope view of Cat's Eye Nebula, a planetary nebula
Blowing Bubbles
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Venus and Jupiter pass each other in the evening sky, March 10-14, 2012
Celestial Headlights
Saturday, March 10, 2012
A powerful solar flare erupts on March 6, 2012
Stormy Skies
Thursday, March 8, 2012
The Moon passes by Mars and the star pattern of Leo, March 2012
Doubly Brilliant
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Mars is at opposition in early March 2012, shining brightest for the year
Mighty Mars
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Newborn stars in the Orion Nebula
Bright Babies
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Voyager mission enhanced-color image of Jupiter's Great Red Spot
Planetary Impressionism
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Hubble Space Telescope images of the aftermath of Supernova 1987A
Wave of Destruction
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Hubble Space Telescope image of the aftermath of Supernova 1987A
Stellar Ghost
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
John Glenn enters his Mercury capsule (right), and launches on February 20, 1962
Up, Up, and Away!
Monday, February 20, 2012
Orion, the hunter, including his faint shield
Shielding the Hunter
Friday, February 17, 2012
The Carina Nebula, a massive stellar nursery
Star Factory
Monday, February 13, 2012
Dark lunar features are named seas or oceans
Split Personality
Thursday, February 9, 2012
New Heavyweight Champion
Monday, February 6, 2012
Sirius B, the white-dwarf companion to Sirius, compared to the size of Earth
Stellar Afterlife
Wednesday, February 1, 2012

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