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June 29, 2012
A flare on the surface of the star HD 189733 blasts away the atmosphere of an or

Zapped!

June 25, 2012
Moon and Companions, June 2012

Moon and Company

June 21, 2012
A Cassini view of Saturn and its largest moon, Titan

Planetary Duet

June 18, 2012
The remnants of two merged galaxies

Fast Exit

June 11, 2012
Apollo 17 at the rim of Shorty Crater, December 1972

Back to the Moon(rocks)

June 9, 2012
June 5, 2012, Venus transit from International Space Station

Seeing Spots

June 6, 2012
Infrared image of the Carina Nebula from space-based Herschel Observatory

Busy Nursery

June 4, 2012
Diagram of Venus transit of June 5, 2012

Sun Spot

June 2, 2012
Partial lunar eclipse of June 4, 2012

Lunar Nibble

May 29, 2012
Hubble Space Telescope view of galaxy ESO 243-49

Little Giant

May 26, 2012
A long-exposure view of Earth and the stars from the International Space Station

Around and Around We Go

May 22, 2012
Hercules, the strongman, depicted as he rises in the eastern sky

The Strongman

May 18, 2012
Illustration of annular eclipse of May 20, 2012

In the Zone

May 15, 2012

Star Stream

May 11, 2012
Saturn's moon Titan floats in front of the giant planet

Moon on a String

May 8, 2012
Without Einstein's theories of relativity, GPS wouldn't work

Where Am I?

May 4, 2012
Simulation of a supermassive black hole disrupting a star

Messy Meal

May 1, 2012
Beams of light shine through the Egg Nebula

Stellar Headlights

April 29, 2012
Combined X-ray, optical, and radio view of the galaxy Centaurus A

Busy Galaxy

April 26, 2012
Two views of Saturn's outermost ring

Wiggly Ring

April 23, 2012
An ultraviolet camera gazes skyward from the Moon during the Apollo 16 mission

Looking Up

April 21, 2012
Apollo 16 lunar module, Orion, on the Moon's Plains of Descartes

Almost Home

April 19, 2012
Space shuttle Discovery flies above Washington, DC, April 17, 2012

Last Stop

April 17, 2012
Saturn's battered moon Tethys seen by the Cassini Spacecraft, April 14, 2012

Wrinkly Moon

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