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2025 May 02 - Young Star Cluster NGC 346

Posted May 2, 202500:03:48

In today's image, we see a young star cluster, NGC 346, located in the Small Magellanic Cloud. The energy from the hot stars in the cluster shapes the...

2025 May 01 - MESSENGER's LAST Day on Mercury

Posted May 1, 2025

In today's image, we see an image from the MESSENGER spacecraft. The center of this region is the expect place on Mercury where MESSENGER crashes into...

2025 April 30 - A Happy Sky over Bufa Hill in Mexico

Posted April 30, 2025

In today's image, we see three solar system objects in the sky which form a smiley face in the sky. These include the thin, waning crescent Moon, the...

2025 April 29 - Saturn's Rings Appear to Disappear

Posted April 29, 2025

In today's image, we see six images of Saturn taken from 2020-2025. Over this time, the rings system tilt changes which leads us to be unable to see...

2025 April 28 - Gum 37 and the Southern Tadpoles

Posted April 28, 2025

In today's image, we see the Gum 37 nebula which is part of a molecular cloud in which stars are forming. The tadpoles are regions of higher density...