Space Facts & Astronomy
Discover amazing space facts, astronomy pictures of the day, and fascinating information about our universe from NASA.
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Crossing Saturn's Ring Plane
If this is Saturn, where are the rings? When Saturn's "appendages" disappeared in 1612, Galileo did not understand why....
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Andromeda and Friends
This magnificent extragalactic skyscape looks toward the Andromeda Galaxy, the closest large spiral galaxy to the Milky...
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Florida Northern Lights
Northern lights have come to Florida skies. In fact, the brilliant streak of a Northern Taurid meteor flashes through th...
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Orion and the Running Man
Few cosmic vistas can excite the imagination like The Great Nebula in Orion. Visible as a faint, bland celestial smudge...
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A Super Lunar Corona
What are those colorful rings around the Moon? A corona. Rings like this will sometimes appear when the Moon is seen t...
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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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