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2026 January 09 - Ice Halos by Moonlight and Sunlight

Posted January 9, 2026 • 00:03:51

In today's image, we see two images showing halos in the sky. to the left, we see halos around our Moon and to the right, halos around our Sun.

2026 January 08 - IC 342: Hidden Galaxy in Camelopardalis

Posted January 8, 2026 • 00:03:38

In today's image, we see that would be one of the brighter galaxies were it not for its location near the plane of our galaxy. This means its light...

2026 January 07 - Simeis 147: The Spaghetti Supernova Remnant

Posted January 7, 2026 • 00:03:38

In today's image, we see the remnant left behind by an exploded star from a supernova that occurred 40,000 years ago.

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2026 January 06 - Jupiter's Clouds in High Definition from Juno

Posted January 6, 2026 • 00:03:28

In today's image, we see m image from the Juno spacecraft from a close approach to Jupiter last month. We can see the storms in the polar regions which...

2026 January 05 - The Red Rectangle Nebula from Hubble

Posted January 5, 2026 • 00:04:10

In today's image, we see the Red Rectangle Nebula, formed from the outflow from a binary star system.

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