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the universe is unreal 🌌 Unusual Spires Found on Comet Wild 2 How did unusual spires form on comet Wild 2? Close inspection of images taken of Comet Wild 2 by the passing Stardust spacecraft in January show numerous strange pinnacles as… 📷 NASA APOD #space #nasa #astronomy #cosmos #science
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space never disappoints Jets from Unusual Galaxy Centaurus A Jets of streaming plasma expelled by the central black hole of a massive spiral galaxy light up this composite image of Centaurus A. The jets emanating from Cen A are over a… 📷 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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we are so small Inverted City Beneath Clouds How could that city be upside-down? The city, Chicago, was actually perfectly right-side up. The long shadows it projected onto nearby Lake Michigan near sunset, however, when… 📷 NASA APOD #space #nasa #astronomy #cosmos #science
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look up tonight Solar Eclipse from Uganda The Sun's disk was totally eclipsed for a brief 20 seconds as the Moon's dark umbral shadow raced across Pokwero in northwestern Uganda on November 3rd. So this sharp telescopic… 📷 NASA APOD #space #nasa #astronomy #cosmos #science
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we are so small Storm Cloud Over Texas What makes this storm cloud so colorful? First, the cloud itself is composed of millions of tiny droplets of water and ice. Its bottom is almost completely flat -- but this… 📷 NASA APOD #space #nasa #astronomy #cosmos #science
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the universe is unreal 🌌 Earth's Richat Structure What on Earth is that? The Richat Structure in the Sahara Desert of Mauritania is easily visible from space because it is nearly 50 kilometers across. Once thought to be an… 📷 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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we are so small The Great Nebula in Carina In one of the brightest parts of Milky Way lies a nebula where some of the oddest things occur. NGC 3372, known as the Great Nebula in Carina, is home to massive stars and… 📷 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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look up tonight Baily's Beads near Solar Eclipse Totality Just before the Sun blacks out, something strange occurs. As the Moon moves to completely cover the Sun in a total solar eclipse, beads of bright sunlight stream around the edge… 📷 NASA APOD #space #nasa #astronomy #cosmos #science
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look up tonight Apollo 12: Self-Portrait Is this image art? 50 years ago, Apollo 12 astronaut-photographer Charles "Pete" Conrad recorded this masterpiece while documenting colleague Alan Bean's lunar soil collection… 📷 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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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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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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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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your daily awe Orion: Belt, Flame, and Horsehead What surrounds the famous belt stars of Orion? A deep exposure shows everything from dark nebula to star clusters, all embedded in an extended patch of gaseous wisps in the… 📷 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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we are so small Plane Contrail and Sun Halo What's happened to the sky? Several common features of the daytime sky are interacting in uncommon ways. First, well behind the silhouetted hills, is the typically bright Sun.… 📷 NASA APOD #space #nasa #astronomy #cosmos #science
