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Streak and Plume from SpaceX Crew-2 Launch
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Molecular Clouds in the Carina Nebula
They are not alive -- but they are dying.
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Da Vinci Rise
An old Moon rose this morning, its waning sunlit crescent shining just above the eastern horizon before sunrise.
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Dark Dust and Colorful Clouds near Antares
Why is the sky near Antares and Rho Ophiuchi so dusty yet colorful?
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Human as Spaceship
You are a spaceship soaring through the universe.
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Curiosity at Teal Ridge
Part of a 360 degree panorama, this view looks out from the Mars rover Curiosity's current location on the Red Planet dubbed Teal Ridge.
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Eagle Aurora over Norway
What's that in the sky? An aurora.
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Spiral Galaxy M96 from Hubble
Dust lanes seem to swirl around the core of Messier 96 in this colorful, detailed portrait of the center of a beautiful island universe.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Highlights of the North Winter Sky
What can you see in the night sky this season? The featured graphic gives a few highlights for Earth's northern hemisphere.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Tarantula Nebula
The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is more than a thousand light-years in diameter, a giant star forming region within nearby satellite galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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