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Deepscape at Yacoraite
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Cygnus Skyscape
This beautiful skyscape is painted across the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy.
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On the Beach with Mars
At the end of last year's northern summer, after its dazzling opposition, Mars still shone brightly in the night.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Red Nebula, Green Comet, Blue Stars
This festively colored skyscape was captured in the early morning hours of December 17, following Comet Wirtanen's closest approach to planet Earth. The comet was just visible to the eye.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Geminids and Friends
From a radiant in the constellation of the Twins, the annual Geminid meteor shower rained down on our fair planet this week.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Mount Everest Star Trails
The highest peak on planet Earth is framed in this mountain and night skyscape.
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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: The Cave Nebula in Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Sulfur
What's inside this cosmic cave? A stellar nursery 10 light-years deep.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Airglow Borealis
The best known asterism in northern skies hangs over the Canadian Rockies in this mountain and night skyscape taken last week from Banff National Park.
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