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2022 October 14 - The Falcon and the Hunter's Moon

Posted October 14, 2022 • 00:03:29

In today's image, we see a Falcon 9 rocket as it rises from the surface of Earth passing in front of the full moon known as the Hunter's Moon. The distortion...

2022 October 13 - Dust Shells around WR 140 from Webb

Posted October 13, 2022 • 00:03:30

In today's image, we see an image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope showing dust shells around the Wolf-Rayet star - WR 140. This is actually...

2022 October 12 - Ou4: The Giant Squid Nebula

Posted October 12, 2022 • 00:03:36

In today's image, we see the Giant Squid Nebula which is formed from the outflow of material from a triple system of three massive stars located near...

2022 October 11 - Stars, Dust, Pillars, and Jets in the Pelican Nebula

Posted October 11, 2022 • 00:04:02

In today's image, we see the Pelican Nebula which is a star forming region. In it, we see the dust and gas from which new stars are being formed. At...

2022 October 10 - A Double Lunar Analemma over Turkey

Posted October 10, 2022 • 00:03:47

In today's image, we see a double lunar analemma. An analemma occurs when you take an image of an object when it gets back to the same point in the...