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Back to Search2025 January 05 - Rocket Launch as Seen from the International Space Station
In today's image, we see a video showing the launch of a rocket in 2018. The clip shows the rocket from above as recorded by astronauts on the Intern…
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2025 January 04 - Welcome to Perihelion
In today's image, we see an image of the sun. Today is the day of perihelion. This is the day when Earth is closest to the sun in its elliptical orbi…
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2025 January 03 - Eclipse Pair
In today's image, we see a set of two eclipses from this past year. We see a partial lunar eclipse to the left, and an annular solar eclipse to the r…
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2025 January 02 - Solar Analemma 2024
In today's image, we see an analemma of the Sun from images taken in 2024. The figure-8 pattern is due to a combination of the tilt of Earth's axis a…
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2025 January 01 - Alpha Centauri: The Closest Star System
In today's image, we see Alpha Centauri, the triple star system containing the closest star to Earth, known as Proxima Centauri.
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2024 December 31 - The Twisted Disk of NGC 4753
In today's image, we see the disk galaxy known as NGC 4753. This is a twisted disk galaxy, likely due to the interaction with another galaxy.
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2024 December 30 - M27: The Dumbbell Nebula
In today's image, we see an example of a planetary nebula known as the dumbbell nebula, this is what our Sun will one day become in the distant futur…
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2024 December 29 - Methane Bubbles Frozen in Lake Baikal
In today's image, we see Lake Baikal in Russia with bubble of methane frozen in the very clear ice of the lake.
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2024 December 28 - A December Winter's Night
In today's image, we see the night sky in December, including the constellations of Orion and Taurus. The long exposure brining out details on the re…
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2024 December 27 - Planet Earth at Twilight
In today's image, we see an image of Earth as taken from the International Space Station. We are seeing twilight on Earth as Earth goes from daylight…
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