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2024 March 29 - Galileo's Europa

Posted March 29, 202400:04:07

In today's image, we see one of the four large moons of Jupiter, known as Europa. This is the smallest of the Galilean moons of Jupiter, but actually...

2024 March 28 - Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri

Posted March 28, 2024

In today's image, we see the globular star cluster known as Omega Centauri. Globular star clusters exist in the spherical halo of our galaxy. Omega...

2024 March 27 - The Coma Cluster of Galaxies

Posted March 27, 2024

In today's image, we see a large, dense galaxy cluster known as the Coma Cluster. The cluster contains thousands of galaxies and is so large that it...

2024 March 26 - Comet Pons-Brooks' Ion Tail

Posted March 26, 2024

In today's image, we see the comet known as Pons-Brooks. This comet returns to the inner solar system every 71 years and has been observed since the...

2024 March 25 - Sonified: The Jellyfish Nebula Supernova Remnant

Posted March 25, 202400:04:01

In today's image, we see a video where the tones the sound are used to represent different colors in the image. The red colors are represented by the...