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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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Mimas in Saturnlight
Peering from the shadows, the Saturn-facing hemisphere of Mimas lies in near darkness alongside a dramatic sunlit crescent.
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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: Lunar Eclipse over Cologne Cathedral
Why would a bright full Moon suddenly become dark? Because it entered the shadow of the Earth.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Ultraviolet Earth from an Observatory on the Moon
Which planet is this? Earth. The featured false color picture shows how the Earth shines in ultraviolet (UV) light.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Aurora: The Frog's View
What does an aurora look like to a frog? "Awesome!" is the likely answer, suggested by this imaginative snapshot taken on October 3rd from Kiruna, Sweden.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Charon: Moon of Pluto
A darkened and mysterious north polar region known to some as Mordor Macula caps this premier high-resolution view.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Moon Setting Behind Teide Volcano
These people are not in danger. What is coming down from the left is just the Moon, far in the distance.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Titan: Moon over Saturn
Like Earth's moon, Saturn's largest moon Titan is locked in synchronous rotation.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Facing NGC 3344
From our vantage point in the Milky Way Galaxy, we see NGC 3344 face-on. Nearly 40,000 light-years across, the big, beautiful spiral galaxy is located just 20 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo Minor.
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