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M9 (NGC 6333)
Globular cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus.
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Favorite Mars Images
Exploration of the Planet Mars - missions, videos, images and information
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Cassini Watches Enceladus Fizz Into Space
Cassini has once again turned to Enceladus, the enigmatic moon of Saturn.
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Blue giants create Prawn Nebula's spectacular glow
Two rare blue stars ionise the gas in the Prawn Nebula, allowing it to emit its own light.
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Kemble's Cascade
Asterism in the constellation Camelopardalis.
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eSky: the electronic sky
A range of articles covering cosmic phenomena of all kinds, ranging from minor craters on the Moon to entire galaxies.
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Night skies over Tibet
High above sea level - and far from light pollution - Tibet offers one of the most breathtaking night skies in the world. A collection of photos by Jeff Dai.
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Check Out These Spectacular New Images Of Pluto
NASA just released their new images of Pluto and they are stunning. The header image above features Pluto’s crescent and was captured on July 14th by New Horizons Ralph/Multispectral Visual Imaging (MVIC) camera and downlinked on September 13. In it we see the incredible Plutonian landscape backlit by the Sun.
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New Horizons: Pluto displays rippling terrain
A great swathe of Pluto that features a strange rippling terrain is perhaps the highlight of the latest image release from the New Horizons mission.
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M O O N
The moon is particularly beautiful tonight. Hopefully there will be no clouds during the eclipse between Sunday and Monday, so more shots can be taken :-)
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M10 (NGC 6254)
Globular cluster in Ophiucus
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Circlet of Pisces
Asterism in the constellation Pisces
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Snapshots from Space History
UCL is the only UK host of a NASA Regional Planetary Image Facility (RPIF). On top of this, it has a long tradition in astronomy, geology and planetary science.
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Legendary soviet dog-astronauphts: Belka and Strelka
They were accompanied by a grey rabbit, 42 mice, 2 rats, flies and several plants and fungi. All passengers survived. They were the first Earth-born creatures to go into orbit and return alive. Strelka went on to have six puppies with a male dog named Pushok who participated in many ground-based space experiments, but never made it into space. One of the pups was named Pushinka (Пушинка, "Fluffy") and was presented to President John F. Kennedy's daughter Caroline by Nikita Khrushchev in 1961. A
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Single photo shows the phases of rare supermoon lunar eclipse
The sight that had everyone looking skyward in late September is captured in a single panoramic photo.
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Supermoon Total Lunar Eclipse and Lightning Storm
What's more rare than a supermoon total lunar eclipse? How about a supermoon total lunar eclipse over a lightning storm.
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Gorgeous new images of Charon reveal a violent past for Pluto’s moon
Pluto's largest moon Charon is proving to be a magnificent world in its own right. The latest images from NASA's New Horizons flyby mission -- the highest resolution color images of Charon to date -- show a moon much more alive than our own. “We thought the probability of seeing such interesting features on this satellite of a world at the far edge of our solar system was low,” Ross Beyer, an affiliate of the New Horizons Geology...
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Curiosity's Drill Hole and Location are Picture Perfect
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover drilled its eighth hole on Mars this week.
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M11 (Wild Duck Cluster, NGC 6705)
Open cluster in the constellation Scutum
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New Horizons: Probe captures Pluto's blue hazes
The New Horizons mission has returned its first colour image of Pluto's atmospheric hazes and shows them to have a blue tinge.
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