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The Tulip in the Swan
Framing a bright emission region, this telescopic view looks out across a pretty field of stars along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Asteroid Ryugu from Hayabusa2
This big space diamond has an estimated value of over 80 billion dollars.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Parker vs Perseid
The brief flash of a bright Perseid meteor streaks across the upper right in this composited series of exposures made early Sunday morning near the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Launch of the Parker Solar Probe
When is the best time to launch a probe to the Sun?
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Hayabusa2 Approaches Asteroid Ryugu
It looks like a big space diamond -- but with craters.
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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: Rotating Moon from LRO
No one, presently, sees the Moon rotate like this. That's because the Earth's moon is tidally locked to the Earth, showing us only one side
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Car Orbiting Earth
Last week, a car orbited the Earth. The car, created by humans and robots on the Earth, was launched by the SpaceX Company to demonstrate the ability of its Falcon Heavy Rocket to place spacecraft out in the Solar System
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