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2026 January 06 - Jupiter's Clouds in High Definition from Juno

Posted January 6, 2026 • 00:03:28

In today's image, we see m image from the Juno spacecraft from a close approach to Jupiter last month. We can see the storms in the polar regions which...

2026 January 05 - The Red Rectangle Nebula from Hubble

Posted January 5, 2026 • 00:04:10

In today's image, we see the Red Rectangle Nebula, formed from the outflow from a binary star system.

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2026 January 04 - The Einstein Cross Gravitational Lens

Posted January 4, 2026 • 00:03:35

In today's image, we see the gravitational lens known as the Einstein Cross for its distinctive pattern which occurs because a distant quasar is imaged...

2026 January 03 - Full Moonlight

Posted January 3, 2026 • 00:03:40

In today's image, we see an image of the full moon. The first full moon of 2026 occurs today, Jan 3. It will also be a supermoon - the moon being close...

2026 January 02 - NanoSail-D2

Posted January 2, 2026 • 00:03:29

In today's image, we see images of NanoSail-D2 from 2011. This was a ship used to test the feasibility of sailing on the solar wind, using the pressure...