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M1, the Crab Nebula, in a Hubble Space Telescope image
Crab Nebula
Friday, January 6, 2012
The Moon and Hyades, night of January 5, 2012
Staring at the Bull
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Jupiter's Great Red Spot and the planet's four largest moons
An Eyeful of Moons
Monday, January 2, 2012
Artist's concept of GRAIL spacecraft measuring the Moon's gravitational field
Lunar Arrival
Friday, December 30, 2011
Saturn's moons Titan and Dione above Saturn, with Saturn's rings
Saturnian Traffic Jam
Monday, December 26, 2011
View of Comet Lovejoy from the International Space Station
Christmas Comet
Friday, December 23, 2011
Horsehead Nebula photographed through a McDonald Observatory telescope
3D Horsehead
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
A comet plunges toward the Sun
Survivor: Comet
Friday, December 16, 2011
Galactic Swirl
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Galileo spacecraft mosaic of Ganymede, largest moon of Jupiter
Two-Toned Moon
Monday, December 5, 2011
Plumes of gas spew into space from the roiling surface of Betelgeuse, the bright
Stellar Timebomb
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Phoenix and Grus in the southern sky, late November evening
Rare Birds
Monday, November 28, 2011
Ultraviolet view of Venusian clouds from Venus Express orbiter
Cloudy Skies
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Artist's concept of Curiosity rover on Mars
Ready to Roll
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Optical and radio image of the Carina Nebula, a vast stellar nursery
Birthplace of the Stars
Thursday, November 17, 2011
The Saturn Nebula, NGC 7009, as seen by Hubble Space Telescope
Saturn Simulacrum
Sunday, November 13, 2011

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