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2023 November 11 - The SAR and the Milky Way

Posted November 11, 2023

In today's image, we see our Milky Way galaxy and a SAR (Stable Auroral Red) arc in the sky. The SAR is associated with auroral activity but does occur...

2023 November 10 - UHZ1: Distant Galaxy and Black Hole

Posted November 10, 2023

In today's image, we see an extremely distant galaxy and one of the most distant black holes yet discovered. At a distance of 13.2 billion light years,...

2023 November 09 - M1: The Crab Nebula

Posted November 9, 2023

In today's image, we see the Crab Nebula, the remnant of a star seen to explode here on Earth nearly a thousand years ago. The nebula is enriched in...

2023 November 08 - Perseus Galaxy Cluster from Euclid

Posted November 8, 2023

In today's image, we see the Perseus Cluster of galaxies about 250 million light year distant. in addition, we see many other galaxies here go out to...

2023 November 07 - A Martian Dust Devil Spins By

Posted November 7, 202300:03:43

In today's image, we see a short video clip showing a dust devil on Mars as captured by the Perseverance Rover. Dust devils will occur on Mars just...