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February 6, 2022
ngc 2217, a barred spiral galaxy

Galactic Bar

February 3, 2022
Artist's concept shows 2020XL5, a trojan asteroid that shares Earth's orbit

Sharing an Orbit

January 31, 2022
Orion and his shield

Time for Pi

January 28, 2022
Spirograph Nebula, in Lepus

Emerging from the Cocoon

January 27, 2022
Veil Nebula in Cygnus seen by HST

Cosmic Veil

January 23, 2022
giant solar flare

Zap!

January 20, 2022

Falling Skies

January 17, 2022
Illustration of a star and its nearby planet, which is distorted into a rugby-ball shape

Distorted Planet

January 14, 2022

Leviathan

January 11, 2022
Chart showing all star systems within 15 light-years of Earth

The Neighborhood

January 7, 2022
artist's concept of the beginning of a supernova explosion

Final Moments

January 4, 2022
Moon and planets, January 4, 5, 6

Beautiful Encounter

January 1, 2022
Four planets in the New Year evening sky

New Year's Sky

December 29, 2021
dark landscape of venus below an orange-colored sky and dark clouds

Hot Planet

December 25, 2021
James Webb Space Telescope launches on December 25, 2021

On its Way!

December 24, 2021
a white rocket, holding james webb space telescope, stands on a launch pad surrounded by dense jungle

Ready!

December 23, 2021

Just Passing By

December 21, 2021

Dry Lake

December 17, 2021

Monumental Star Map

December 15, 2021
direct images of two new planets

New Planets

December 11, 2021
path of comet leonard in the evening sky

Long-Range Visitor

December 9, 2021
possible protostar in chamaeleon nebula

New Light

December 7, 2021
solar wind compresses saturn's magnetic field

Getting Squeezed

December 4, 2021
flaming star nebula

Setting the Sky Ablaze

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