Victoria Is An Impact Crater On Mars Located At 2.05°S, 5.50°W In The Meridiani Planum Extraterrestrial

NGC 6302, also called the Bug Nebula, Butterfly Nebula, is a bipolar planetary nebula in the constellation Scorpius. The structure in the nebula is among the most complex ever observed in planetary nebulae.

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A fiery sunset seen by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station looks toward the South Atlantic. With Earth’s surface already in darkness, the setting sun, the cloud masses and the sideways viewing angle make a powerful image.

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Ancient layered rocks on Mars appear in pale whitish and bluish tones. The various colors and tones of the rocks record changes in the composition of the sediments.

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Star formation in the tadpole nebula. Dusty emission in the Tadpole nebula, IC 410, lies about 12,000 light-years away in the northern constellation Auriga.

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An aurora australis and Milky Way over Lake Ellesmere, Canterbury, New Zealand taken a few weeks back.

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A view of Earth and its moon from Mars. It combines two images acquired on Nov. 20, 2016, by the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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As we look back into the history of our landscape, a much older history lies above us.

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The Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus.

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The atmosphere of Pluto.

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The Cartwheel Galaxy is a lenticular galaxy and ring galaxy about 500 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor. It is an estimated 150,000 light-years diameter, and a mass of about 2.9–4.8 × 10⁹ solar masses; it rotates at 217 km/s.

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