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Jupiter Eclipsing Ganymede

Fri, 01/09/2009 - 06:03

How hazy is Jupiter's upper atmosphere?


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NGC 4945 in Centaurus

Fri, 01/09/2009 - 06:03

Large, dusty, spiral galaxy NGC 4945 is seen


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Comet and Meteor

Fri, 01/09/2009 - 06:03

This meteor streaking toward the horizon through the early


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NGC 2736: The Pencil Nebula

Fri, 01/09/2009 - 06:03

This shock wave plows through space at over 500,000 kilometers per hour.


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The Galactic Core in Infrared

Fri, 01/09/2009 - 06:03

What's happening at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy?


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Breaking Distant Light

Fri, 01/09/2009 - 06:03

In the distant universe,


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Double Cluster in Perseus

Fri, 01/09/2009 - 06:03

Some 7,000 light-years away, this pair of open or galactic


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Alpine Conjunction

Thu, 01/08/2009 - 06:03

Did you see it?


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Welcome to the International Year of Astronomy

Wed, 01/07/2009 - 05:46

Astronomers all over planet Earth invite you to experience the night sky as part of the


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The Sky in Motion

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 06:34

Still need to come up with a good new year's resolution?


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Home from Above

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 05:36

There's no place like


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NGC 1569: Starburst in a Dwarf Irregular Galaxy

Sun, 01/04/2009 - 05:18

NGC 1569: Starburst in a Dwarf Irregular Galaxy


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Thackerays Globules

Sat, 01/03/2009 - 05:07

Thackerays Globules


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Crab Pulsar Wind Nebula

Fri, 01/02/2009 - 05:28

Crab Pulsar Wind Nebula


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The Elephant's Trunk in IC 1396

Thu, 01/01/2009 - 05:14

Like an illustration in a galactic


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Fox Fur, a Unicorn, and a Christmas Tree

Wed, 12/31/2008 - 05:56

Clouds of glowing hydrogen gas fill


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Earthrise

Tue, 12/30/2008 - 05:40

Forty years ago, in December of 1968, the


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Collinder 399: The Coat Hanger

Mon, 12/29/2008 - 05:45

Is this coat hanger a star cluster or an asterism?


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Labtayt Sulci on Saturns Enceladus

Sun, 12/28/2008 - 06:12

Do some surface features on Enceladus roll like a


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Analemma Over the Porch of Maidens

Sat, 12/27/2008 - 06:02

If you took a picture of the Sun at the same time each day,


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