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Little Planet to Exoplanets

Of course this little planet is really planet Earth in a digitally stitched 360 x 180 degree mosaic captured high in the Chilean Atacama desert.

Anticrepuscular Rays Converge Opposite the Sun

Is there ever anything interesting to see in the direction opposite the Sun?

Astronomy Picture of the Day: A Cold River to Orion

Ice is forming on the river Lielupe as it flows through the landscape in this winter's night scene.

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Attack of the Laser Guide Stars

Dodging powerful laser beams, a drone captured this stunning aerial view.

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Dual Particle Beams in Herbig-Haro 24

This might look like a double-bladed lightsaber, but these two cosmic jets actually beam outward from a newborn star in a galaxy near you

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