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2021 September 07 - NGC 520: Colliding Galaxies from Hubble

Posted September 7, 202100:03:29

In today's image, we see two galaxies in the process of colliding and merging to become one much larger galaxy.


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2021 September 06 - Firefly Milky Way

Posted September 6, 202100:04:09

In today's image, we see a view of the sky over Russia showing our Milky Way galaxy, the bright star Altair, the planet Saturn, Airglow as well as a...

2021 September 05 - Earth and Moon

Posted September 5, 202100:03:55

In today's image, we see Our Earth and Moon in a video clip taken by the Galileo spacecraft 30 years ago as it passed by us on its way to Jupiter.

2021 September 04 - A Falcon 9 Nebula

Posted September 4, 202100:03:30

In today's image, we see the trails left behind by the Falcon 9 Rocket as it takes supplies up to the International Space Station.


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2021 September 03 - NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula

Posted September 3, 202100:03:42

In today's image, we see the Iris Nebula - an example of a reflection nebula where blue light from a hot star is preferentially scattered off of dust...