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Mid-Air Meteor and Milky Way
On September 24, a late evening commercial flight from Singapore to Australia offered stratospheric views of the southern hemisphere's night sky.
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InSight on a Cloudy Day
Clouds drift through the sky as the light fades near sunset in this three frame animated gif.
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Crescent Saturn
Saturn never shows a crescent phase from Earth.
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A Solstice Night in Paris
The night of June 21 was the shortest night for planet Earth's northern latitudes, so at latitude 48.9 degrees north, Paris was no exception.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Shipwreck at Moonset
A crescent Moon is about to sink under the western horizon in this sea and night skyscape.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Hill, The Moon, and Saturn
Last Sunday when the Moon was young its sunlit crescent hung low near the western horizon at sunset.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Cherenkov Telescope at Sunset
On October 10, a new telescope reflected the light of the setting Sun.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Skygazers on the Beach
Kona, a young boxer, is a dog who loves splashing in the waves along Solana Beach near San Diego, planet Earth.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Falcon 9 Nebula
Not the Hubble Space Telescope's latest view of a distant planetary nebula, this illuminated cloud of gas and dust dazzled even casual U.S. west coast skygazers on October 7.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Comet 21P Between Rosette and Cone Nebulas
Small bits of this greenish-gray comet are expected to streak across Earth's atmosphere tonight.
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