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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Updated: 4 hours 36 min ago

Centaurus A

4 hours 36 min ago

Only 11 million light-years away,


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JWST: Mirrors and Masked Men

4 hours 36 min ago

Who are these masked men?


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Yukon Aurora with Star Trails

4 hours 36 min ago

Fixed to a tripod, a camera can record graceful trails


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Saturn's Moon Helene from Cassini

4 hours 36 min ago

What's happening on the surface of Saturn's moon Helene?


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Galaxies Beyond the Heart: Maffei 1 and 2

4 hours 36 min ago

The two galaxies on the far left were unknown until 1968.


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Mars Over the Allalinhorn

4 hours 36 min ago

What's that bright object in the sky?


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Binary Black Hole in 3C 75

4 hours 36 min ago

What's happening in the middle of this massive galaxy?


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Spirit Rover at Engineering Flats on Mars

Sat, 03/13/2010 - 13:00

Is it art?


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Pillar at Sunset

Fri, 03/12/2010 - 09:05

Pillar at Sunset


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Deep Auriga

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 09:00

The plane of our Milky Way Galaxy runs right


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NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 08:00

Magnificent spiral galaxy


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The International Space Station from Above

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 07:00

The International Space Station from Above


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M78 and Reflecting Dust Clouds in Orion

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 06:00

An eerie blue glow and ominous columns of


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Slope Streaks in Acheron Fossae on Mars

Sun, 03/07/2010 - 05:00

What creates these picturesque dark streaks on Mars?


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Pauli Exclusion Principle: Why You Don't Implode

Sat, 03/06/2010 - 04:00

Why doesn't


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Dawn's Endeavour

Fri, 03/05/2010 - 03:00

On February 21st, the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the International


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Chasing Carina

Thu, 03/04/2010 - 03:00

A jewel of the southern sky,


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Edge-on Spiral Galaxy NGC 891

Wed, 03/03/2010 - 02:00

This beautiful cosmic portrait


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Astronaut Installs Panoramic Space Window

Tue, 03/02/2010 - 01:05

This space job was almost complete.


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Exceptional Rocket Waves Destroy Sun Dog

Mon, 03/01/2010 - 01:00

What created those rocket waves, and why did they destroy that sun dog?


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