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Back to Search2024 October 17 - The Clipper and the Comet
In today's image, we see the rocket preparing to launch the Europa Clipper to Jupiter. The craft is scheduled to arrive at Jupiter in 2030. In the im…
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2024 October 16 - Colorful Aurora over New Zealand
In today's image, we see a number of effects associated with the aroma as recently seen over New Zealand. These include the auroral activity itself a…
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2024 October 15 - Animation: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Tails Prediction
In today's image, we see an animation showing the past and predicted future tails of comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. The comet is currently separating from …
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2024 October 14 - Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Over the Lincoln Memorial
In today's image, we see comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS as recently viewed over the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. The comet is currently visible in th…
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2024 October 13 - Aurora Timelapse over Italian Alps
In today's image, we see a timeless of the aurora. This compresses an hour in to just about 8 seconds. We can see the red glow due to oxygen atoms in…
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2024 October 12 - Northern Lights, West Virginia
In today's image, we see the Northern Lights as seen from West Virginia recently. The aurora are seen at lower latitude like this when solar storms -…
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2024 October 11 - Ring of Fire over Easter Island
In today's image, we see an image from the annular eclipse of October 11. This type of eclipse occurs when our Moon is near apogee, its greatest dist…
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2024 October 10 - Five Bright Comets from SOHO
In today's image, we see images of five bright comets from the 21st century as images by the SOHO spacecraft.
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2024 October 09 - M 106: A Spiral Galaxy with an Unusual Center
In today's image, we see the galaxy known as M 106. This is a specific type of spiral galaxy known as a Seyfert Galaxy. This is what is known as an a…
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2024 October 08 - Annular Eclipse over Patagonia
In today's image, we see an image from the annular solar eclipse from this past week. Here, the Moon passes in front of the Sun, but the Moon appears…
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