Space NASA Image of the Day

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A Great Conjunction Draws Near

The Moon, left, Saturn, upper right, and Jupiter, lower right, are seen after sunset with the Washington Monument, Thurs. Dec. 17, 2020, in Washington. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Shaping a Spiral Galaxy

Magnetic fields in NGC 1068, or M77, are shown as streamlines over a visible light and X-ray composite image of the galaxy. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Retrofuturistic NASA Space Art

Retrofuturistic NASA Space Art (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Chaos at the Heart of the Orion Nebula

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Chaos at the Heart of the Orion Nebula (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Tending the Plant Habitat-02

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NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins tends to radish plants growing for the Plant Habitat-02 experiment. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Pareidolia: Seeing Shapes in the Cosmos

What is pareidolia? It is the psychological phenomenon where we see recognizable shapes in clouds, rock formations, or otherwise unrelated objects or data. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Lucy Mission to Study Trojan Asteroids

Slated to launch in October 2021, NASA's Lucy mission will be the first space mission to study the Trojan asteroids. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Behold: The City of Boston at Night!

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The lights of the city of Boston seemingly spread from a central point in this image taken by the crew of the International Space Station. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Northrop Grumman's Cygnus Space Freighter Departs Space Station

Northrop Grumman's Cygnus space freighter departs the International Space Station moments after being released from the Canadarm2 robotic arm. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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SpaceX Demo 2 Mission Launches into History

In this black and white infrared image, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Georgia HUNCH Students 3D Print Parts for Space Station

The HUNCH – High school students United with NASA to Create Hardware – Program has expanded its partnership opportunities to the Dade County, Georgia, school system in Trenton. Students will increase their advanced manufacturing capabilities by producing super-strength carbon fiber elements for NASA, the International Space Station. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Finding a Missing Black Hole

Astronomers have no evidence that a distant black hole estimated to weigh between 3 billion and 100 billion times the mass of the Sun is anywhere to be found. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Bright, Blue Stars

Inside star cluster NGC 602, a star-forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud, bright, blue, newly formed stars are blowing a cavity in this nebula. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Fulfilling the Dream

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act on July 2, 1964, as Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and others, look on. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Hot Fire Test of SLS Rocket Core Stage

The core stage for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System, or SLS, rocket is seen in the B-2 Test Stand during a scheduled 8-minute duration hot fire test, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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NASA Provides Ground Support for COVID-19 Aid Work

NASA has once again joined forces with the community in the continuing effort to fight COVID-19. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)