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Back to Search2023 July 30 - Spiral Aurora over Icelandic Divide
In today's image, we see a spiral shaped aurora over Iceland. The aurora are caused when charged particles from our Sun strike Earth's magnetic field…
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2023 July 29 - Apollo 11: Catching Some Wind
In today's image, we see an image taken by Neil Armstrong showing Buzz Aldrin setting up an experiment to capture some particles of the solar wind. T…
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2023 July 28 - Young Stars, Stellar Jets
In today's image, we see a newly formed star system consisting of a pair of young stars which are expelling material in jets. The material in these j…
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2023 July 27 - Galaxies in the River
In today's image, we see a distorted spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Eridanus - the River. The distortion is caused by the gravitationa…
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2023 July 26 - IC 4628: The Prawn Nebula
In today's image, we see the Prawn Nebula. This is an example of an emission nebula where gas is excited by ultraviolet radiation from hot, young sta…
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2023 July 25 - The Eagle Nebula in X-ray Hot Stars
In today's image, we see the star forming region known as the Eagle Nebula with great finger-like formations pointing toward the newly formed cluster…
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2023 July 24 - Chemicals Glow as a Meteor Disintegrates
In today's image, we see the trail of a meteor in the sky. A meteor is a small bit of material in space, often left behind by a comet which strikes E…
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2023 July 23 - The Antikythera Mechanism
In today's image, we see the Antikythera Mechanism. This is believed to be one of the earliest analog computers, dating back 2000 years with the abil…
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2023 July 22 - Apollo 11: Armstrong's Lunar Selfie
In today's image, we see an image of Neil Armstrong on the surface of the Moon. It is a selfie since the image was taken by Armstrong himself. It is …
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2023 July 21 - Galactic Cirrus: Mandel Wilson 9
In today's image, we see a deep exposure showing the galactic cirrus, thin dust clouds located in the direction of the north and south galactic poles…
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