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2026 February 14 - Roses are Red

Posted February 14, 202600:03:25

In today's image, we see the Rosette Nebula. This is a prominent star forming region in our galaxy where the newly formed stars are hollowing out the...

2026 February 13 - NGC 147 and NGC 185

Posted February 13, 202600:04:13

In today's image, we seethe small dwarf galaxies which are satellites of the Andromeda galaxy. These are actually a binary pair of galaxies which orbit...

2026 February 12 - The Bay of Rainbows

Posted February 11, 2026

In today's image, we see a portion of the Moon known at the Bay of Rainbows. This is a part of Mare Imbrium on our Moon which is one of the maria or...

2026 February 11 - A Year of Sunspots

Posted February 11, 202600:04:02

In today's image, we see the year 2025 in sunspots. The central image shows the sunspots for the entire year as measured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory....

2026 February 10 - In Green Company: Aurora over Norway

Posted February 10, 202600:03:50

In today's image, we see an image of the aurora as seen over Norway back in 2014. The aurora have also been prominent recently as the Sun reaches the...