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January 22, 2012
Infrared view of the spiral galaxy IC 342

Tangled Galaxy

January 17, 2012
Earth's atmosphere distorts the Moon as seen from the International Space Statio

Squashed Moon

January 13, 2012
Infrared view of starbirth in the vast nebula complex Cygnus X

Busy Nursery

January 11, 2012
Artist's concept of a dark storm on the brown dwarf 2MASS 2139

Stormy Skies

January 8, 2012
Artist's concept of the pulsar and planets in the system PSR B1257+12

Second-Chance Planets

January 6, 2012
M1, the Crab Nebula, in a Hubble Space Telescope image

Crab Nebula

January 5, 2012
The Moon and Hyades, night of January 5, 2012

Staring at the Bull

January 2, 2012
Jupiter's Great Red Spot and the planet's four largest moons

An Eyeful of Moons

December 30, 2011
Artist's concept of GRAIL spacecraft measuring the Moon's gravitational field

Lunar Arrival

December 26, 2011
Saturn's moons Titan and Dione above Saturn, with Saturn's rings

Saturnian Traffic Jam

December 23, 2011
View of Comet Lovejoy from the International Space Station

Christmas Comet

December 20, 2011
Horsehead Nebula photographed through a McDonald Observatory telescope

3D Horsehead

December 16, 2011
A comet plunges toward the Sun

Survivor: Comet

December 14, 2011

Galactic Swirl

December 5, 2011
Galileo spacecraft mosaic of Ganymede, largest moon of Jupiter

Two-Toned Moon

December 1, 2011
Plumes of gas spew into space from the roiling surface of Betelgeuse, the bright

Stellar Timebomb

November 28, 2011
Phoenix and Grus in the southern sky, late November evening

Rare Birds

November 26, 2011
Ultraviolet view of Venusian clouds from Venus Express orbiter

Cloudy Skies

November 23, 2011
Artist's concept of Curiosity rover on Mars

Ready to Roll

November 17, 2011
Optical and radio image of the Carina Nebula, a vast stellar nursery

Birthplace of the Stars

November 13, 2011
The Saturn Nebula, NGC 7009, as seen by Hubble Space Telescope

Saturn Simulacrum

November 11, 2011
The Russian Phobos-Grunt Mars mission launches on November 8, 2011

Phobos Flop?

November 6, 2011
The glow of the aurora from the International Space Station

Heavenly Lightshow

November 3, 2011
The moon Phobos floats above Mars

Martian Target

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