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we are so small Aurora Over Circle, Alaska Aurora can make spectacular sights. This particular aurora was photographed hovering over the town of Circle, Alaska. Although Aurora might first appear to be moonlit clouds,… 📷 NASA APOD #space #nasa #astronomy #cosmos #science
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space never disappoints Saturn's Hyperion: A Moon with Odd Craters What lies at the bottom of Hyperion's strange craters? To help find out, the robot Cassini spacecraft that once orbited Saturn swooped past the sponge-textured moon and took… 📷 NASA APOD #space #nasa #astronomy #cosmos #science
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the universe is unreal 🌌 Martian Anniversary Selfie June 24th marked the first full Martian year of the Curiosity Rover's exploration of the surface of the Red Planet. That's 687 Earth days or 669 sols since its landing on August… 📷 NASA APOD #space #nasa #astronomy #cosmos #science
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your daily awe Portrait of NGC 1055 Big, beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 1055 is a dominant member of a small galaxy group a mere 60 million light-years away toward the aquatically intimidating constellation Cetus. Seen… 📷 NASA APOD #space #nasa #astronomy #cosmos #science
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look up tonight Open Cluster NGC 6520 from CFHT Did you ever have a day when it felt like a dark cloud was following you around? For the open cluster of stars NGC 6520, every day is like this. On the left of the above picture… 📷 NASA APOD #space #nasa #astronomy #cosmos #science
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the universe is unreal 🌌 MWC 922: The Red Square Nebula What could cause a nebula to appear square? No one is quite sure. The hot star system known as MWC 922, however, appears to be imbedded in a nebula with just such a shape. The… 📷 NASA APOD #space #nasa #astronomy #cosmos #science
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we are so small The Solar Corona Unwrapped Changes in the alluring solar corona are detailed in this creative composite image mapping the dynamic outer atmosphere of the Sun during two separate total solar eclipses.… 📷 NASA APOD #space #nasa #astronomy #cosmos #science
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space never disappoints An Anomalous SETI Signal No one knows for sure what caused this signal. There is a slight possibility that it just might originate from an extraterrestrial intelligence. The bright colors on the blue… 📷 NASA APOD #space #nasa #astronomy #cosmos #science
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we are so small The Yardangs Of Mars OK, fans of classic science fiction might be disappointed. The yardangs are not barsoomian warriors in a newly discovered Edgar Rice Burroughs tale of adventure and conquest on… 📷 NASA APOD #space #nasa #astronomy #cosmos #science
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space never disappoints From Moonrise to Sunset In this panorama of Earth and sky recorded on Thursday, November 13, the Full Moon rises along the eastern horizon at the far left. Of course, the Full Moon rises at sunset and… 📷 NASA APOD #space #nasa #astronomy #cosmos #science
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the universe is unreal 🌌 Full Moon and Boston Light This well-planned telephoto timelapse captures July's Full Moon rise across outer Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, planet Earth. In the foreground, the historic terrestrial beacon is… 📷 NASA APOD #space #nasa #astronomy #cosmos #science
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space never disappoints Equinox + 1 Twice a year, at the Spring and Fall equinox, the Sun rises due east. In an emphatic demonstration of this celestial alignment, photographer Joe Orman recorded this inspiring… 📷 NASA APOD #space #nasa #astronomy #cosmos #science
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your daily awe Sextans A: A Seemingly Square Galaxy What's bothering local galaxy Sextans A? A small dwarf irregular galaxy spanning 5 thousand light years across, Sextans A is located only 5 million light-years away. Named for… 📷 NASA APOD #space #nasa #astronomy #cosmos #science
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look up tonight Perseid Meteors Over China Comet dust rained down on planet Earth earlier this month, streaking through dark skies in the annual Perseid meteor shower. While enjoying the anticipated space weather above… 📷 NASA APOD #space #nasa #astronomy #cosmos #science
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space never disappoints Comet McNaught Over Catalonia This past weekend Comet McNaught peaked at a brightness that surpassed even Venus. Fascinated sky enthusiasts in the Earth's northern hemisphere were treated to an instantly… 📷 NASA APOD #space #nasa #astronomy #cosmos #science
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space never disappoints The Coma Cluster of Galaxies Almost every object in the above photograph is a galaxy. The Coma Cluster of Galaxies pictured above is one of the densest clusters known - it contains thousands of galaxies.… 📷 NASA APOD #space #nasa #astronomy #cosmos #science
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space never disappoints M27: The Dumbbell Nebula The first hint of what will become of our Sun was discovered inadvertently in 1764. At that time, Charles Messier was compiling a list of diffuse objects not to be confused with… 📷 NASA APOD #space #nasa #astronomy #cosmos #science
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space never disappoints Peculiar Galaxies of Arp 273 The spiky stars in the foreground of this sharp cosmic portrait are well within our own Milky Way Galaxy. The two eye-catching galaxies lie far beyond the Milky Way, at a distance… 📷 NASA APOD #space #nasa #astronomy #cosmos #science
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look up tonight Andes Sunset Eclipse On July 11, after a long trek eastward across the southern Pacific Ocean, the Moon's shadow reached landfall in South America. In a total solar eclipse close to sunset,… 📷 NASA APOD #space #nasa #astronomy #cosmos #science
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space never disappoints Discovery's Rainbow Just one minute before midnight EDT, Friday, August 28, the Space Shuttle Discovery began a long arc into a cloudy sky. Following the launch, a bright and remarkably colorful… 📷 NASA APOD #space #nasa #astronomy #cosmos #science
