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Back to Search2024 November 16 - Pluto at Night
In today's image, we see the dwarf planet Pluto as imaged by the New Horizons spacecraft back in July of 2015. Here, we are looking back at Pluto, sh…
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2024 November 15 - Apollo 12 and Surveyor 3
In today's image, we see the Surveyor 3 spacecraft in the foreground as it is being visited by the astronauts from the Apollo 12 mission. The Apollo …
1 year, 3 months ago
2024 November 14 - IC 348 and Barnard 3
In today's image, we see the young star cluster, IC 248 as well as Barnard 3, a dark nebula surrounded by a red emission nebula. All of these are rel…
1 year, 3 months ago
2024 November 13 - Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb
In today's image, we see the Barred Spiral Galaxy known as NGC 1365 as imaged recently by the James Webb Space telescope. This is images in the mid-i…
1 year, 4 months ago
2024 November 12 - NGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula
In today's image, we see a nebula surrounding a Wolf-Rayet star. This is a young, massive star of the type expected to eventually undergo a supernova…
1 year, 4 months ago
2024 November 11 - The Unusual Tails of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS
In today's image, we see Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS and its long tail stretching back behind it. This was the great comet of 2024 which was visible for …
1 year, 4 months ago
2024 November 10 - Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars
In today's image, we see Valles Marineris, a great canyon stretching across the face of Mars. It is much longer than our own Grand Canyon on Earth, b…
1 year, 4 months ago
2024 November 09 - Neptune at Night
In today's image, we see the outermost planet in the solar system as see from behind by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989. Voyager 2 is the only craft…
1 year, 4 months ago
2024 November 08 - Helping Hand in Cassiopeia
In today's image, we see dust clouds in the constellation of Cassiopeia, learning to new start formation. In addition, the dust will dim and redden t…
1 year, 4 months ago
2024 November 07 - Shell Galaxies in Pisces
In today's image, we see galaxies with shells of material around them which are likely caused by interactions with smaller galaxies which have been t…
1 year, 4 months ago