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2024 Match 24 - Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth

Posted March 24, 2024 • 00:04:22

In today's image, we see the shadow of our Moon as cast on the Earth during the total solar eclipse from 1999. The very center region of this shadow...

2024 March 23 - Ares 3 Landing Site: The Martian Revisited

Posted March 23, 2024 •

In today's image, we see the region around the landing site of the fictional Ares 3 craft which was the basis of the novel: The Martian in which an...

2024 March 22 - Phobos: Moon over Mars

Posted March 22, 2024 •

In today's image, we see the planet Mars with its moon, Phobos just appearing in multiple images off the left-hand side. Phobos is an unusual moon in...

2024 March 21 - The Leo Trio

Posted March 21, 2024 •

In today's image, we see the Leo Triplet - a group of spiral galaxies in the direction of the constellation of Leo the lion. The galaxies appear relatively...

2024 March 20 - The Eyes in Markarian's Galaxy Chain

Posted March 20, 2024 • 00:03:57

In today's image, we see two galaxy which have recently interacted. We can see how the one galaxy contains material that has been distorted as the gravitational...