NGC 1232: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy

Image Credit: FORS, 8.2-meter VLT Antu, ESO

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A spiral galaxy with big blue spiral arms is shown with a center that appears more yellow.

Rocket Transits Rippling Moon

Image Credit & Copyright: Steven Madow

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A rocket is pictured ascending during launch. A nearly full moon is behind it. The rocket exhaust, itself visible, causes the bottom of the Moon to appear unusually rippled.

A SAR Arc from New Zealand

Image Credit & Copyright: Tristian McDonald; Text: Tiffany Lewis (Michigan Tech U.)

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A flat landscape with a pond is imaged at night below a starfield. A multicolored aurora is seen in an arc across the image center. Around this arc is another red arc that is particularly smooth.

Zeta Oph: Runaway Star

Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Spitzer Space Telescope

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APOD: 2024 January 4 - Zeta Oph: Runaway Star

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The Snows of Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Images Credit: ESA, Rosetta, MPS, OSIRIS; UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA; Animation: Jacint Roger Perez

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APOD: 2024 January 6 - The Snows of Churyumov-Gerasimenko
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The Cat's Eye Nebula in Optical and X-ray

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Legacy Archive; Chandra X-ray Obs.; Processing & Copyright: Rudy Pohl

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An image of the Cat's Eye Nebula shows an unsually shaped gas structure glowing in purple with a bright orange center.

The Phases of Venus

Image Credit & License: Stéphane Gonzales

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Many images of Venus are shown superposed. Together, they make an arc from the top, around the left, to the bottom. The smallest images of Venus are at the top and show nearly complete circles. The largest are at the bottom and show thin crescent. phases.

Thor's Helmet

Image Credit & Copyright: Ritesh Biswas

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The image shows a starfield with an oval shaped green-tinged nebula in the center.

The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty

Image Credit & Copyright: Gábor Galambos

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APOD: 2024 January 10 - The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty

Quadrantids of the North

Image Credit & Copyright: 염범석 Yeom Beom-seok

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APOD: 2024 January 11 - Quadrantids of the North

Good Morning Moon

Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Luy, Trier Observatory, TWAN

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APOD: 2024 January 12 - Good Morning Moon

Circling the Sun

Image Credit & Copyright: Radoslav Zboran

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APOD: 2024 January 13 - Circling the Sun

Dragon Aurora over Iceland

Image Credit & Copyright: Jingyi Zhang & Wang Zheng

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A person stands on snow and looks up at a starry sky. In the sky is a large green aurora that resembles a dragon.

The Orion You Can Almost See

Image Credit & Copyright: Michele Guzzini

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The constellation of Orion is shown, but the image is so deep that many nebula appear, making the belt stars and surrounding star almost recognizable. The rollover image labels the brightest stars.

Northern Lights from the Stratosphere

Image Credit & Copyright: Ralf Rohner

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APOD: 2024 January 18 - Northern Lights from the Stratosphere

Jupiter over 2 Hours and 30 Minutes

Image Credit & License: Aurélien Genin

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APOD: 2024 January 19 - Jupiter over 2 Hours and 30 Minutes

Full Observatory Moon

Image Credit & Copyright: Yuri Beletsky (Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory, TWAN)

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APOD: 2024 January 27 - Full Observatory Moon

Pluto in True Color

Image Credit: NASA, JHU APL, SwRI; Processing: Alex Parker

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The minor planet Pluto is shown up close, as seen by the passing New Horizons spacecraft, and in true color. Pluto is a complex mix of beige regions and some dark brown regions.

SLIM Lands on the Moon

Image Credit & Copyright: JAXA, Takara Tomy, Sony Co., Doshisha U.

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The lunar surface is shown with a box-like gold-colored machine in the middle. A close inspection of the machine reveals that its thrusters are at the top, so it is on its side. The background sky is dark. Two horizontal lines are an artifact of the digital imaging and not part of the lunar landscape.

Camera Orion Rising

Image Credit & Copyright: Marcin Ślipko

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A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
A snowy landscape is pictured with a big hill in the center. Above the hill is a starfield with the stars and nebulae of the constellation Orion appearing, with the red glow of the nebulas in great contrast to the dark sky and bright snow.