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π SpacePicture of a Day: Cosmic Latte: The Average Color of the Universe πͺ
What color is the universe? More precisely, if the entire sky were smeared out, what color would the final mix be? This whimsical question came up when trying to determine what stars are commonplace in
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π SpacePicture of a Day: Andromeda before Photoshop πͺ
What does the Andromeda galaxy really look like? The featured image shows how our Milky Way Galaxy's closest major galactic neighbor really appears in a long exposure through Earth's busy skies and with
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π SpacePicture of a Day: Mirrored Meteor and Milky Way πͺ
On August 15, this perseid meteor streaked through night skies over the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos at La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. The bright and colorful meteor trail was captured next
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π SpacePicture of a Day: Globular Cluster Omega Centauri πͺ
Globular star cluster Omega Centauri packs about 10 million stars much older than the Sun into a volume some 150 light-years in diameter. Also known as NGC 5139, at a distance of 15,000 light-years it's
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π SpacePicture of a Day: The Ghosts of Five Supernovas πͺ
The ghosts of five supernovas haunt this extraordinary image. It was acquired at OukaΓ―meden Observatory in Morocco with approximately 200 hours of observations and shows a large patch of the sky, equivalent
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π SpacePicture of a Day: A New Lunar Crater: McGetchin πͺ
A once-in-a-lifetime crater has appeared on the Moon! A comet or asteroid roughly the size of a humpback whale (approximately 10-20 meters, 30-60 feet) crashed into the Moon sometime between April and
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π SpacePicture of a Day: Chance Triple Alignment: Plane, Space Station, Sun πͺ
This shot captured an unexpected silhouette. Which is it? It isn't the sunspots, the small dark regions caused by concentrated magnetic fields visible around the Sun's bright disk. Sunspots typically last
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π SpacePicture of a Day: Cocoon Nebula Wide Field πͺ
When does a nebula look like a comet? In this crowded starfield covering over two degrees within the high-flying constellation of the Swan (Cygnus), the eye is drawn to the Cocoon Nebula. A compact star
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π SpacePicture of a Day: Analemma over the Callanish Stones πͺ
If you went outside at the same time every day and took a picture that included the Sun, how would the Sun's position change? A visual answer to that question is an analemma, a composite image taken from
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π SpacePicture of a Day: A Zodiacal Night πͺ
Also known as the false dawn, a luminous band of zodiacal light is captured in this dark night skyscape. The serene view was recorded just before the beginning of astronomical twilight during September's
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π SpacePicture of a Day: Messier 33: The Triangulum Galaxy πͺ
The small, northern constellation Triangulum harbors this magnificent face-on spiral galaxy, Messier 33. Its popular names include the Pinwheel Galaxy or just the Triangulum Galaxy. M33 is over 50,000
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π SpacePicture of a Day: A Treasure Chest in the Carina Nebula πͺ
This treasure chest is full of stars. The featured image was obtained with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and shows a dust pilar in the Carina Nebula inside our Galaxy, roughly 7500 light-years away.
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π SpacePicture of a Day: Webb's View of M64 πͺ
Sometimes where Hubble finds darkness, Webb sees light. An example is todayβs composite images of Messier 64 (M64), a nearby spiral galaxy of many names. The dark band of dust partially blocking its bright
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π SpacePicture of a Day: A Daytime Eclipse: Moon Occults Venus πͺ
There was something behind the clouds. Upon close inspection, it was the Moon, which was hard to see yesterday around noon above the small village of Cessy, France. But soon, it was not only the Moon.
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π SpacePicture of a Day: M83: The Southern Pinwheel πͺ
Beautiful and bright spiral galaxy M83 lies some twelve million light-years away, near the southeastern tip of the very long constellation Hydra. Prominent spiral arms traced by dark dust lanes and blue
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π SpacePicture of a Day: LDN 1295: The Giraffe Nebula πͺ
What does this image look like to you? Many see a giraffe facing right, with neck stretched high and long legs mid-stride (but some may see a squirrel instead). The featured image shows LDN 1295, also
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π SpacePicture of a Day: Hubble: Decagon Around Saturn's South Pole πͺ
Why are Saturnβs poles geometric? Saturnβs North Pole has been known to be surrounded by a hexagonal (6 sides) cloud since discovery in 1987 in data taken by NASAβs Voyager spacecrafts, which quickly flew
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π SpacePicture of a Day: The Pelican Nebula in Gas, Dust, and Stars πͺ
The Pelican Nebula is slowly being transformed. IC 5070 (an official designation) is divided from the larger North America Nebula by a molecular cloud filled with dark dust. The deep featured picture from
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π SpacePicture of a Day: Pluto in Enhanced Color πͺ
Pluto is more colorful than we can see. Color data and high-resolution images of our Solar System's most famous dwarf planet, taken by the robotic New Horizons spacecraft during its flyby in 2015 July,
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π SpacePicture of a Day: Chasing the Moon's Shadow πͺ
Chasing the shadow of a New Moon, NASAβs WB-57F high altitude research aircraft took to the skies off the coast of Iceland on August 12 to observe a total solar eclipse. At 50,000 feet the aircraft was
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