The Cat’s Eye Nebula from Hubble
To some, it may look like a cat’s eye. The alluring Cat’s Eye nebula, however, lies three thousand […]
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Polar Ring Galaxy NGC 660
NGC 660 is featured in this cosmic snapshot, a sharp composite of broad and narrow band filter image […]
The Map of Dione
This cylindrical projection global map is one of six new color maps of Saturn’s midsized icy moons, constructed […]
SH2-155: The Cave Nebula
This colorful skyscape features the dusty Sharpless catalog emission region Sh2-155, the Cave Nebula. In the composite image, […]
NGC 4762: A Galaxy on the Edge
Why is there a bright line on the sky? What is pictured above is actually a disk galaxy […]
Moon and Earth from Chang e 5 T1
Described at times as a big blue marble, from some vantage points Earth looks more like a small […]
In Green Company: Aurora over Norway
Raise your arms if you see an aurora. With those instructions, two nights went by with, well, clouds […]
Titan Beyond the Rings
When orbiting Saturn, be sure to watch for breathtaking superpositions of moons and rings. One such picturesque vista […]
The Day After Mars
October 31, 1938 was the day after Martians encountered planet Earth, and everything was calm. Reports of the […]
Milky Way over Devils Tower
A mysterious formation known as Devils Tower rises into the dark above northeastern Wyoming’s prairie landscape in this […]