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2022 December 05 - Pleiades: The Seven Sisters Star Cluster

Posted December 5, 2022 • 00:03:22

In today's image, we see the Pleiades - this is an example of an open star cluster located in the constellation of Taurus and it one of the more prominent...

2022 December 04 - Video: Powers of 10

Posted December 4, 2022 • 00:03:41

In today's image, we see an image from the Powers of 10 video from 1977. The video starts with a picnic scene and then zooms outbid factors of 10 to...

2022 December 03 - Stereo Mars near Opposition

Posted December 3, 2022 • 00:03:58

In today's image, we see Mars as it approaches opposition in less than a week now. When a planet is at opposition, it is opposite to the Sun in the...

2022 December 02 - Merging Galaxy Pair IIZw096

Posted December 2, 2022 • 00:03:57

In today's image, we see a pair of galaxies in the process of merging to become a single, larger galaxy in this image from the James Webb Space Telescope....

2022 December 01 - Artemis 1: Flight Day 13

Posted December 1, 2022 • 00:03:43

In today's image, we see the Artemis 1 mission, showing the Orion spacecraft as it reached its furthest distance from our Moon a couple of days ago....