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April 9, 2015
Infrared view of the interstellar medium

Filling the Void

April 7, 2015
Cassini view of Saturn's family of gings

Family Portrait

April 2, 2015
Rosetta view of Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko on March 22, 2015

Messy Comet

March 29, 2015
View of Loki Patera, a lake of molten rock on Io, a moon of Jupiter

Hot Lake

March 27, 2015
G2 survives its swing around the black hole at the center of the Milky Way

Narrow Escape

March 20, 2015
Space-based view of solar eclipse of March 20, 2015

Disappearing Sun

March 17, 2015
M3, a globular star cluster

Reborn Stars

March 15, 2015
Artist's concept of MY Camelopardalis, a contact binary star system

Close Twins

March 12, 2015
Image of a powerful solar flare on March 11, 2015

Solar Flare

March 9, 2015
Hubble Space Telescope view of Abell 2744, a massive galaxy cluster

On the Frontier

March 3, 2015
A full rotation of Ceres as seen by the Dawn mission

Final Approach

February 26, 2015
Dawn image of mysterious bright spots on Ceres, February 19, 2015

Bright Mysteries

February 24, 2015
Canopus, the second-brightest star in the night sky, from the space station

Stellar Beacon

February 21, 2015
Rosetta view of Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko on February 14, 2015

Imhotep

February 18, 2015
The Milky Way galaxy's spiral arms

Arming the Milky Way

February 14, 2015
Artist's concept of Solar Max in orbit

Sun Watcher

February 11, 2015
Hubble Space Telescope view of V838 Monocerotis in 2006

Brilliant Echo

February 6, 2015
Cassini view of Jupiter from 6 million miles

Turbulent Giant

February 2, 2015
Depiction of National Ignition Facility probing the interior of a giant planet

Into Darkness

January 30, 2015
Hubble image of the aftermath of a galactic collisio

Beautiful Disruption

January 28, 2015
Dawn image of Ceres, January 25, 2015

Getting Closer

January 26, 2015
View of the underground Soudan Laboratory

Underground Astronomy

January 21, 2015
A brilliant aurora from the International Space Station

Fiery Sky

January 14, 2015
The Huygens probe arrives at Titan in 2005

Cold Landing

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