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Back to Search2024 November 26 - The Sombrero Galaxy from Webb and Hubble
In today's image, we see the Sombrero Galaxy in visible light from the Hubble Space Telescope and in infrared light from the James Webb Space Telesco…
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2024 November 25 - The Horsehead Nebula
In today's image, we see the Horsehead Nebula in Orion. This is a dark nebula, which blocks out the light from behind it. Within the nebula, new star…
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2024 November 24 - Journey to the Center of the Galaxy
In today's image, we see a video clip that will show a trip through the star clouds of the Milky Way and into the central regions of the galaxy itsel…
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2024 November 23 - Interplanetary Earth
In today's image, we see two images of our planet Earth as taken from two distant spacecraft on the same day in July of 2013.
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2024 November 22 - The Medusa Nebula
In today's image, we see the Medusa Nebula, an example of a planetary nebula which is the end-state of lower mass stars including our own Sun.
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2024 November 21 - The Elephant's Trunk in Cepheus
In today's image, we see the star forming region now as the Elephant's trunk which is visible in the constellation of Cepheus in the northern sky.
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2024 November 20 - Earthset from Orion
In today's image, we see the Earth as it is just about to set behind the Moon as seen from the Orion spacecraft which was a part of the Artemis I mis…
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2024 November 19 - Undulatus Clouds over Las Campanas Observatory
In today's image, we see what are known as undulatus clouds appearing to converge over the telescopes domes on the mountaintop. These are clouds caus…
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2024 November 18 - Stars and Dust in the Pacman Nebula
In today's image, we see part of what is known as the Pacman Nebula. This is a star forming region, with a newly formed cluster of stars at the cente…
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2024 November 17 - LDN 1741: A Windblown Star Cavity
In today's image, we see a parabolic outflow from a protostar. This star, is not actually a star, but it a star in the later stages of formation, bef…
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