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Astronomy Picture Of the Day A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day
APOD: 2024 June 4 – Comet Pons Brooks Develops Opposing Tails
Why does
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No one, presently, sees the Moon rotate like this.
APOD: 2024 May 31 - The Nebulous Realm of WR 134
Made with narrowband filters,
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APOD: 2024 May 29 – Stairway to the Milky Way
What happens if you ascend this
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APOD: 2024 May 27 - Chamaeleon I Molecular Cloud
Chamaeleon I Molecular Cloud
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APOD: 2024 May 25 - Manicouagan Impact Crater from Space
Orbiting 400 kilometers above Quebec, Canada, planet Earth, the
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APOD: 2024 May 22 – Green Aurora over Sweden
It was bright and green and stretched across the sky.
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APOD: 2024 May 20 – Aurora Dome Sky
It seemed like night, but part of the sky glowed purple.
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APOD: 2024 May 17 - Aurora Banks Peninsula
This
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APOD: 2024 May 15 – AR 3664 at the Suns Edge
What did the monster active region that created the recent auroras look like when at the Sun's edge?
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APOD: 2024 May 13 – AR 3664 on a Setting Sun
It was larger than the Earth.
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APOD: 2024 May 11 – AR 3664: Giant Sunspot Group
Right now, one of the largest sunspot groups in recent history is crossing the Sun.
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APOD: 2024 May 9 - The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole
The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole
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APOD: 2024 May 7 – Black Hole Accreting with Jet
What happens when a black hole devours a star?
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APOD: 2024 May 5 – A Black Hole Disrupts a Passing Star
What happens to a star that goes near a black hole?
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APOD: 2024 June 3 - NGC 2403 in Camelopardalis
Magnificent island universe
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APOD: 2024 June 1 - Stereo Helene
Get out your
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APOD: 2024 May 30 – A Lunar Corona over Paris
Why does a cloudy moon sometimes appear colorful?
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APOD: 2024 May 26 – A Solar Filament Erupts
What's happened to our Sun?
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APOD: 2024 May 23 - Unraveling NGC 3169
Spiral galaxy NGC 3169 looks to be unraveling like a ball of cosmic
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APOD: 2024 May 21 – CG4: The Globule and the Galaxy
Can a gas cloud eat a galaxy?
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APOD: 2024 May 18 - North Celestial Aurora
North Celestial Aurora
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APOD: 2024 May 16 - Aurora Georgia
A familiar sight from Georgia, USA, the
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APOD: 2024 May 14 - The 37 Cluster
For the mostly harmless denizens of planet Earth, the
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APOD: 2024 May 12 – Red Aurora over Poland
Northern lights don't usually reach this far south.
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Simulation: Two Black Holes Merge
Relax and watch two black holes merge.
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What would it look like to circle a black hole?
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This is how the Sun disappeared from the daytime sky last month.
APOD: 2024 May 4 - 3 ATs
Despite their resemblance to
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