Milky Way Rising

Image Credit & Copyright: José Rodrigues

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Startrails over Beijing Ancient Observatory

Image Credit & Copyright: Jeff Dai (TWAN)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afHfMMC-MJE

Moon Setting Behind Teide Volcano

Video Credit & Copyright: Daniel López (El Cielo de Canarias); Music: Piano della Moon (Dan Silva)

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Plane Crossing Crescent Moon

Image Credit & Copyright: Juned Patel

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Energetic Particle Strikes the Earth

Illustration Credit: Osaka Metropolitan U./L-INSIGHT, Kyoto U./Ryuunosuke Takeshige

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Stars Versus Dust in the Carina Nebula

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA); Processing: Franco Meconi (Terraza al Cosmos)

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Orion and the Ocean of Storms

Image Credit: NASA, Artemis 1

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Vega and Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks

Image Credit & Copyright: Dan Bartlett

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Pic du Pleiades

Image Credit & Copyright: Jean-Francois Graffand

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Big Dipper over Pyramid Mountain

Image Credit & Copyright: Steve Cullen

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Deep Field: The Heart Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: William Ostling, Telescope Live

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Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; D. Milisavljevic (Purdue University), T. Temim (Princeton University), I. De Looze (University of Gent)

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Crescent Enceladus

Image Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA

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NGC 1499: The California Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Steven Powell

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Three Galaxies and a Comet

Image Credit & Copyright: Dan Bartlett

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183 Days in the Sun

Image Credit & Copyright: José Zarcos Palma

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A December Summer Night

Image Credit & Copyright: Ian Griffin (Otago Museum)

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NGC 2440: Cocoon of a New White Dwarf

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing: H. Bond (STScI), R. Ciardullo (PSU), Forrest Hamilton (STScI)

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Shakespeare in Space

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSivvdIyeG4

Illustris: A Simulation of the Universe

Video Credit: Illustris Collaboration, NASA, PRACE, XSEDE, MIT, Harvard CfA; Music: The Poisoned Princess (Media Right Productions)

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