Space Facts & Astronomy
Discover amazing space facts, astronomy pictures of the day, and fascinating information about our universe from NASA.
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Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble
Jupiter looks a bit different in ultraviolet light. To better interpret Jupiter's cloud motions and to help NASA's rob...
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Micro Moon vs. Super Moon
What was so super about Wednesday's supermoon? Last week, a full moon occurred that appeared slightly larger and bright...
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Road to the Galactic Center
Does the road to our galaxy's center go through Monument Valley? It doesn't have to, but if your road does -- take a pic...
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A Full Moon at Perigee
What is big, bright, and beautiful, can wear a cape made of clouds, and is at the closest point in its elliptical orbit...
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A Dark Seahorse in Cepheus
Spanning light-years, this suggestive shape known as the Seahorse Nebula floats in silhouette against a rich background...
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NGC 253: Dusty Island Universe
Shiny NGC 253 is one of the brightest spiral galaxies visible, and also one of the dustiest. Some call it the Silver Co...
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Spiral Galaxy NGC 3370 from Hubble
Is this what our own Milky Way Galaxy looks like from far away? Similar in size and grand design to our home Galaxy (alt...
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Comet Lemmon Beyond Lomnický Peak
Comet Lemmon has been putting on a show for cameras around the globe. Passing nearest to Earth in late October, the pho...
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A Double Helix Lunar Eclipse
The image was timed to capture a total lunar eclipse -- but it came with quite a twist. First, the eclipse: the fully E...
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A Horseshoe Einstein Ring from Hubble
What's large and blue and can wrap itself around an entire galaxy? A gravitational lens mirage. Pictured here, the grav...
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Pleiades from Planet Earth
The lovely Pleiades star cluster shines in Earth's night sky, a compact group of stars some 400 light-years distant towa...
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Ghosts in Cassiopeia
Halloween is an astronomy holiday and spooky shapes always seem to lurk in planet Earth's night skies. In fact, near the...
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