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October 21, 2010
Comet Hartley-2 from McDonald Observatory

Jolly Green Comet

October 15, 2010
Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory

Searching the Darkness

October 6, 2010
Infrared view of Comet Hartley 2 from WISE

Heading for a Rendezvous

October 4, 2010
Artist's concept of a protoplanetary disk with wide gaps

Planet Nursery

October 1, 2010
Ground-based image of the galaxy cluster Abell 2151, in Hercules

Galaxies Galore

September 28, 2010
False-color infrared view of Saturn and its aurora

Colorful Aurora

September 24, 2010
Luna 16 diagram

To the Moon and Back

September 20, 2010
The aftermath of an asteroid impact in the southern hemisphere of Jupiter

Giant Scar

September 17, 2010
A multi-spectral view of a supernova remnant in the Small Magellanic Cloud

Life from Death

September 15, 2010
MIT professor Dava Newman models a new type of space suit

Dressed for Success (in Space)

September 10, 2010
Two planets and a star team up with the crescent Moon in the western evening sky

Moon and Companions

September 3, 2010
NGC 4666, a starburst galaxy

Lively Galaxy

August 26, 2010
Evaporating planet around the star HD209458

Puffy Planet

August 16, 2010

Two Moons Rising

August 16, 2010
Cassini snapped views of Saturn's moons Enceladus and Tethys.

Two Moons Rising

August 11, 2010
M87 black hole

Busy Black Hole

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

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