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August 11, 2010

Galactic Beauty

August 7, 2010
Messier 27

Heavy Lifting

August 5, 2010
Rings and bubbles from a dying star

Jumping Through Hoops

July 29, 2010
Two moons of Saturn are shaped like flying saucers, as seen by Cassini.

Flying Saucers!

July 27, 2010
The largest lake in the southern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Titan.

Big (Foot) Lake

July 20, 2010

Cosmic Bullets

July 15, 2010

Stellar Sculptors

July 12, 2010
A thick dust storm blows across Mars in this image from Mars orbit.

Dusty Skies

July 9, 2010
A false-color image of Idunn Mons indicates that the Venusian volcano is still a

Still Going?

July 6, 2010
The Milky Way galaxy and the afterglow of the Big Bang make up this all-sky imag

A Little of Everything

June 30, 2010
Dione, one of the moons of Saturn, passes in front of the larger moon Titan.

Just Passing By

June 27, 2010

Western Lineup

June 22, 2010
A hot, massive star 'exhales' a breath of oxygen in this recent image from WISE.

Breath of Life

June 15, 2010
The sky glows orange in this artist's concept of the atmosphere of Venus.

Dusky Skies

June 12, 2010
An ultraviolet view of the spiral galaxy M81 shows young, hot stars in blue and

Grand Galaxy

June 7, 2010
The Cassini spacecraft snapped this image of Saturn's moon Rhea from a distance

Close Moon

June 4, 2010
Rings and Moons

Rings and Moons

June 1, 2010
Big Blue Planet

Big Blue Planet

May 27, 2010
The remains of a supernova explosion form complex loops and filaments in this co

Colorful Aftermath

May 24, 2010
Starbirth Factories

Starbirth Factories

May 19, 2010
The next Mars rover, Curiosity, zaps a Martian rock with a small laser in this a

War of the Worlds?

May 17, 2010
A fish-eye image shows a laser firing from the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii.

Zapping the Sky

May 14, 2010
A "family" of young stars shows off in this combined infrared and X-ray view of

Big Family

May 11, 2010
Halley's Comet streaks across the sky

Look! It's Halley's Comet!

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