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September 22, 2012
First-quarter Moon

Moonwatch

September 18, 2012
Infrared image of the star Fomalhaut (center) and surround debris ring

Messy Building Zone

September 12, 2012
Andromeda and the Milky Way head for a galactic pile-up

Collision Course

September 7, 2012
Hubble image of a pair of galaxies

Bright Companions

September 4, 2012
Artist's concept of the Gamma Cephei star system

Stellar Geometry

August 29, 2012
About one hour after sunset, late August and early September

Red Rivals

August 26, 2012
Neil Armstrong aboard the lunar module Eagle, July 21, 1969

Leading the Way

August 23, 2012
View of the asteroid Vesta from the Dawn spacecraft

Ready for Departure

August 20, 2012
A Voyager spacecraft and the cover of a record of Earth sights and sounds

Words From Home

August 18, 2012
Solar eclipse of August 19, 1887, from near Berlin

Fire in the Sky

August 15, 2012
Illustration depicts the contact binary system W Ursae Majoris

Two-for-One Offer

August 12, 2012
Early view of the rim of Gale Crater

Inside the Wall

August 10, 2012
Mars Science Laboratory heatshield falls away

Martian Litter

August 8, 2012
August 8, 2012, view of Mars from the Curiosity rover

Getting Acquainted

August 6, 2012
Composite view of Curiosity rover landing and operating on Mars

Drop In, Stay Awhile

August 5, 2012
Skycrane lowers Mars Science Laboratory to the Martian surface

Rube Goldberg Meets Mars

August 3, 2012
Artist's concept of Mars Science Laboratory approaching the Red Planet

Final Approach

August 1, 2012
Artist's concept of Cygnus X-1, with X-ray image shown in inset

Powerhouse

July 26, 2012
The Lagoon Nebula, M8, from the European Southern Observatory

Pink Lagoon

July 23, 2012
Current and future pole stars

Moving On

July 20, 2012
Alexandria, Egypt, as seen from the International Space Station

City of Power

July 16, 2012
False-color view of Comet Swift-Tuttle, 1992

Swift Comet

July 12, 2012
Altair is one of the three planets of the Summer Triangle

Flying Eagle

July 7, 2012
H-R Diagram

Stellar Plot

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