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Windblown NGC 3199
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Star Forming Region NGC 3582 without Stars
What's happening in the Statue of Liberty nebula?
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Apollo 11 Landing Panorama
Have you seen a panorama from another world lately?
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Stereo Helene
Get out your red/blue glasses and float next to Helene, small, icy moon of Saturn.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Extraordinary Solar Halos
Welcome to the December Solstice, the first day of winter in planet Earth's northern hemisphere and summer in the south.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Methane Bubbles Frozen in Lake Baikal
What are these bubbles frozen into Lake Baikal? Methane. Lake Baikal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Russia, is the world's largest (by volume), oldest, and deepest lake, containing over 20% of the world's fresh water.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: IC 4592: The Blue Horsehead Reflection Nebula
Do you see the horse's head? What you are seeing is not the famous Horsehead nebula toward Orion but rather a fainter nebula that only takes on a familiar form with deeper imaging.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Milky Way over Troll's Tongue
You have to take a long hike to see the Troll's Tongue -- ten hours over rocky terrain.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Red Cloudbow over Delaware
What kind of rainbow is this? In this case, no rain was involved -- what is pictured is actually a red cloudbow.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Case of the Backwards Orbiting Asteroid
Why does asteroid 2015 BZ509 orbit the Sun the backwards?
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