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2022 September 29 - DART Asteroid Impact from Space

Posted September 29, 2022 • 00:04:26

In today's image, we see an image of the impact from the DART mission on the asteroid Dimorphos. This was an initial test of a system to see if we are...

2022 September 28 - A Furious Sky over Mount Shasta

Posted September 28, 2022 • 00:03:44

In today's image, we see the sky over Mount Shasta in California. In the sky, we see our galaxy - the Milky Way as well as a number of stars, clusters...

2022 September 27 - DART: Impact on Asteroid Dimorphos

Posted September 27, 2022 • 00:04:36

In today's image, we see the last images from the DART mission as the craft impacts on the asteroid Dimorphos. The intent of this is to try to nudge...

2022 September 26 - All the Water on Planet Earth

Posted September 26, 2022 • 00:03:44

In today's image, we see our planet Earth without its water. While we often consider ourselves to be the water planet, there is actually a very small...

2022 September 25 - The Fairy of the Eagle Nebula

Posted September 25, 2022 • 00:03:25

In today's image, we see part of the Eagle Nebula which may resemble a fairy - but, a fairy over 10 light years tall! This is part of a star forming...