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April 12, 2013
Infrared view of Betelgeuse

Messy Star

April 8, 2013
Supercomputer simulations of Earth's magnetic field

Twist and Flip

April 4, 2013
The Pencil Nebula, a portion of the giant Vela Supernova Remnant

Blast from the Past

March 28, 2013
Lunar Orbiter view of Aristarchus crater

Bright Crater

March 26, 2013
X-ray view of a gamma-ray burst

Zapping Earth

March 22, 2013
Artist's concept of a neutron star's crust cracking

Cracking Up

March 19, 2013
Curiosity rover view of Mount Sharp, March 2013

Sharp Destination

March 10, 2013
Comet C/2011 L4 Panstarrs in the western evening sky in March

Sneaky Comet

March 1, 2013
Cassini views Saturn's magnetic field

Solar Sculptor

February 26, 2013
A black hole is created in the Large Hadron Collider, then quickly evaporates

Making a Black Hole

February 18, 2013
Self-portrait of Curiosity rover on Mars, February 2013

Self-Portrait

February 16, 2013

Keeping Track

February 14, 2013
Chart showing the path of asteroid 2012 DA14 relative to Earth.

Getting Close

February 9, 2013
Artist's concept of the Milky Way galaxy and its dark matter halo

Illuminating the Darkness

February 5, 2013
Artist's concept of a distant quasar

Fiery Galaxy

February 2, 2013
The starry ceiling of Grand Central Terminal

Grand Sky

January 29, 2013
Close-up of the core of M31

M31 Blues

January 25, 2013
Visible- and infrared-light views of Orion

Double Vision

January 23, 2013
Star forming region in Orion

Hiding Places

January 13, 2013
High-resolution view of Phobos, moon of Mars

Doomed Moon

January 10, 2013
Gemini Observatory view of outskirts of Orion Nebula

Knotheads

January 8, 2013
Combined optical and X-ray view of two possible black holes in the galaxy IC 342

On the Job

January 6, 2013
Hubble Space Telescope view of globular cluster M2

Stars Galore

January 2, 2013
Comet McNaught, 2007

Bright Interlopers

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