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2025 December 31 - HH-222: The Waterfall Nebula

Posted December 31, 2025 • 00:03:21

In today's image, we see what is known as the Waterfall Nebula for its distinct shape and appearance to a waterfall on Earth.

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2025 December 30 - An Artificial Comet

Posted December 30, 2025 • 00:03:40

In today's image, we see an image showing some of the thousands of Starling satellites. This is s combination of multiple 20 second exposures which...

2025 December 29 - M1: The Crab Nebula

Posted December 29, 2025 • 00:04:14

In today's image, we see the supernova remnant known as the Crab Nebula. This is the remnant of a star that was seen to explode here on Earth nearly...

2025 December 28 - NGC 1898: Globular Cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Posted December 28, 2025 • 00:03:45

In today's image, we see a globular star cluster located in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

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2025 December 27 - Apollo 17's Moonship

Posted December 27, 2025 • 00:03:42

In today's image, we see Challenger - the lunar module (specifically the ascent stage) as it returned two astronauts from the surface of our Moon in...