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Windblown NGC 3199
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The Galactic Center in Infrared
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A Long Storm System on Saturn
It was one of the largest and longest lived storms ever recorded in our Solar System.
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Recycling Cassiopeia A
Massive stars in our Milky Way Galaxy live spectacular lives.
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Spitzer's Orion
Few cosmic vistas excite the imagination like the Orion Nebula!
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Elements in the Aftermath
Massive stars spend their brief lives furiously burning nuclear fuel.
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NGC 2244
Narrow band false color imaging
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Phobos: Doomed Moon of Mars
This moon is doomed. Mars, the red planet named for the Roman god of war, has two tiny moons, Phobos and Deimos, whose names are derived from the Greek for Fear and Panic.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: NGC 6188: The Dragons of Ara
Dark shapes with bright edges winging their way through dusty NGC 6188 are tens of light-years long.
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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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