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February 25, 2011
Space shuttle Discovery launch, February 24, 2011

Last Show

February 21, 2011
M78, a reflection nebula in Orion

Beautiful Reflection

February 17, 2011
Comet Tempel 1 as seen by the Stardust spacecraft, February 14, 2011

Close Cometary Encounter

February 15, 2011
Comet Tempel-1 from the Stardust spacecraft, February 14, 2011

Second Glance

February 10, 2011
Newly forming planetary system around Beta Pictoris

Messy Star System

February 8, 2011
Ground and orbital views of Opportunity rover at Santa Maria crater

Looking In

February 6, 2011
Apollo 14 commander Alan Shepard poses with the American flag on the Moon

Long Journey

February 4, 2011
Lunar crater gouged by Apollo 14 booster rocket

A Big Whack

February 2, 2011
Spiral galaxy NGC 3621 in the constellation Hydra

Galactic Sparkler

January 28, 2011
Antares, brightest star of Scorpius, shines through the rings of Saturn

Peeking Giant

January 21, 2011
False-color image of Orion Nebula from European Southern Observatory

Delicate Power

January 18, 2011
Earth is in the middle of the Sun's habitable zone

In the Zone

January 12, 2011
Reiner Gamma, a prominent lunar swirl in the Ocean of Storms

Lunar Swirl

January 11, 2011
Hubble view of Hanny's Voorwerp and the galaxy IC 2497

In the Spotlight

January 8, 2011
The Horsehead Nebula

Galloping Nebula

January 6, 2011
Infrared image of the Lagoon Nebula

Blue Lagoon

January 3, 2011
The Sun as seen from space

Close to the Sun

December 31, 2010

Over the Rim

December 30, 2010
Opportunity rover view of Santa Maria crater

Crater Climbing

December 29, 2010
The Opportunity rover casts it shadow on the rim of a Martian crater

Martian Robot

December 27, 2010
Geysers on Enceladus

Fizzy Moon?

December 25, 2010
Western sky a couple of hours after sunset in late December

Happy Holidays!

December 22, 2010
Eruption of gas from the surface of the Sun

Sun Power

December 20, 2010
Total Lunar Eclipse of December 21, 2010

Disappearing Moon

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