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Back to Search2025 May 17 - Ares 3 Landing Site: The Martian Revisited
In today's image, we see landing site of the fictional Ares 3 craft on Mars as shown in the novel the Martian. The coloration is blue because of the …
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2025 May 16 - Messier 101
In today's image, we see the galaxy known as Messier 101. This is an example of a spiral galaxy seen face-on. This allows us to see the details in th…
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2025 May 15 - A Plutonian Landscape
In today's image, we see an image of Pluto from the New Horizons spacecraft which flew by Pluto nearly a decade ago.
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2025 May 14 - NGC 1360: The Robin's Egg Nebula
In today's image, we see the planetary nebula known as the Robin's Egg Nebula. A planetary nebula is the end state of a star much like our own Sun wh…
10 months ago
2025 May 13 - Gaia Reconstructs a Top View of Our Galaxy
In today's image, we see a reconstructed image of our Milky Way as viewed from the top. The image is created using data from the Gaia spacecraft whic…
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2025 May 12 - Gaia Reconstructs a Side View of Our Galaxy
In today's image, we see a reconstructed image of our Milky Way as viewed from the side. The image is created using data from the Gaia spacecraft whi…
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2025 May 11 - The Surface of Venus from Venera 14
In today's image, we see one of the rare images of the surface of Venus. Because Venus is covered in clouds, it cannot be imaged directly from space.…
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2025 May 10 - Yogi and Friends in 3D
In today's image, we see a 3D image from the surface of Mars showing the Sojourner rover on Mars as well as the Pathfinder lander and several rock fe…
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2025 May 09 - IXPE Explores a Black Hole Jet
In today's image, we see an artist's rendering of the jet of material being emitted from around a black hole. Recent observations have determine that…
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2025 May 08 - M1: The Incredible Expanding Crab
In today's image, we see two images of the Crab Nebula showing the expansion that has taken place in the time between these two images.
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