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Galveston and the Beginning of Juneteenth

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General Order No. 3 by Union troops on June 19, 1865, marked the official end of slavery in Texas and the U.S. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Hubble Spots a Merging Galactic Gem

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This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observation has captured the galaxy CGCG 396-2, an unusual multi-armed galaxy merger which lies around 520 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Orion. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
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