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March 28, 2011
Storm clouds swirl through Saturn's atmosphere in an image from Cassini

Artistic Storm

March 24, 2011
New stars and the raw materials for more stars in the stellar nursery NGC 6729

Star Maker

March 21, 2011
Earth and Moon from International Space Station

Blue Moon?

March 18, 2011
Artist's concept of Messenger orbiting Mercury

Safe Arrival

March 13, 2011
Mercury and Jupiter passing in the evening sky

Just Passing By

March 10, 2011
X-ray and radio image of galaxy M87

Close to the Monster

March 8, 2011
Irregular galaxy Henize 2-10, which appears to contain a supermassive black hole

Small But Powerful

March 5, 2011
Giotto spacecraft view of Halley's Comet, March 1986

Halley's Armada

March 2, 2011
Sky view from space shuttle Discovery, February 2011

Nice View

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

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