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2022 August 09 - Leaving Earth

Posted August 9, 2022 • 00:04:06

In today's image, we see a time-lapse from the MESSENGER spacecraft which passed Earth in 2005 as it headed toward Mercury. Here we see it as it leaves...

2022 August 08 - The Lagoon Nebula without Stars

Posted August 8, 2022 • 00:03:28

In today's image, we see M8 also known as the Lagoon nebula in an image where the stars have been digitally removed to allow better study of the gas...

2022 August 07 - Meteor before Galaxy

Posted August 7, 2022 • 00:04:46

In today's image, we see a Perseid meteor that happened to pass in front of the distant Andromeda Galaxy in this image from August of 2016.

2022 August 06 - Stereo Phobos

Posted August 6, 2022 • 00:03:48

In today's image, we see one of the two moons of Mars - Phobos. when viewed with red/blue 3D glasses, you can get a 3-dimensional image of the moon!

2022 August 05 - A Beautiful Trifid

Posted August 5, 2022 • 00:03:51

In today's image, we see the Triffid Nebula also known as M20. This shows three different types of nebulae in the same image - Emission Nebula, Reflection...