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Moon and Aldebaran Predicting the future of a star Thursday, April 7, 2011
Moon and Pleiades "Flashy" sisters in the evening sky Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Compton Observatory One of the great ones Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Saturn at Opposition Spinning up a Saturnian day Monday, April 4, 2011
NGC 4361 Sculpting a beautiful stellar corpse Sunday, April 3, 2011
Gienah A young-but-old star Saturday, April 2, 2011
April Springing into a beautiful month Friday, April 1, 2011
Sunflower Galaxy A good night for galaxy-watching Thursday, March 31, 2011
Moon and Venus Searching for an elusive moon Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Epsilon Aurigae A long-lasting stellar eclipse Monday, March 28, 2011
Taking Inventory II Watching for invaders from beyond Sunday, March 27, 2011
Taking Inventory Taking inventory of the solar system Saturday, March 26, 2011
The Big Dog A constellation with a bite Friday, March 25, 2011
Moon and Antares The Moon crosses the serpent bearer Thursday, March 24, 2011
Lightning Shows III Firing beams of antimatter Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Lightning Shows II Dangerous outbursts from big storms Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Lightning Shows Lighting up the sky above a storm Monday, March 21, 2011
Spring Equinoxes The start of spring on two worlds Sunday, March 20, 2011

Featured Images

Streamers of dust partially obscure the "seven sisters," members of the Pleiades
 Veiled Sisters Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Infrared view of planetary nebula NGC 4361 in Corvus
 Cotton-Candy Star Sunday, April 3, 2011
MESSENGER's first color image of Mercury, March 29, 2011
 First Glimpse Thursday, March 31, 2011
Storm clouds swirl through Saturn's atmosphere in an image from Cassini
 Artistic Storm Monday, March 28, 2011
New stars and the raw materials for more stars in the stellar nursery NGC 6729
 Star Maker Thursday, March 24, 2011
Earth and Moon from International Space Station
 Blue Moon? Monday, March 21, 2011
Artist's concept of Messenger orbiting Mercury
 Safe Arrival Friday, March 18, 2011

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