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Astronomy Picture of the Day

Ship Tracks over the Pacific Ocean

Image Credit: NASA, Terra, MODIS; Text: Raymond Shaw (MTU)

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The featured image ship tracks over the Pacific Ocean as captured by the MODIS instrument on NASA's Terra satellite.
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Milky Way Galaxy Doomed: Collision with Andromeda Pending

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Z. Levay and R. van der Marel (STScI); T. Hallas; and A. Mellinger

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Two Black Holes Dancing in 3C 75

Image Credit: X-Ray: NASA/CXC/D. Hudson, T. Reiprich et al. (AIfA); Radio: NRAO/VLA/ NRL

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The featured image shows two bright sources near the center of a nearby galaxy. The object is called 3C 75. The two bright sources are thought to be two black holes slowly spiraling together.
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A 10,000 Kilometer Galactic Bridge

Image Credit & Copyright: Maxime Oudoux, Jean-Francois GELY

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Red Crepuscular Rays from an Eclipse

Image Credit & Copyright: Fefo Bouvier

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The featured image shows crepuscular rays emanating from below the horizon and appearing quite red.
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Simulation TNG50: A Galaxy Cluster Forms

Video Credit: IllustrisTNG Project; Visualization: Dylan Nelson (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics) et al. Music: Symphony No. 5 (Ludwig van Beethoven), via YouTube Audio Library

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RCW 86: Historical Supernova Remnant

Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh

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Bruzel-Backe 🇪🇺 💙💛 🌻

@APoD great pic ! 👍 💗

My research says: any picture taken by officals from the US government like NASA,Navy, e.g. do not have any copyright. 💡 😉

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@APoD Wow, it's like an alien walking in the universe!

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The Lively Center of the Lagoon Nebula

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & Copyright: Mehmet Hakan Özsaraç

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The featured image shows the center of the Lagoon Nebula complete with funnel clouds.
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A Large Tsunami Shock Wave on the Sun

Image Credit: NSO/AURA/NSF and USAF Research Laboratory

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Planetary Nebula Abell 7

Image Credit & Copyright: Donald Waid, Ron Dilulio

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NGC 1316: After Galaxies Collide

Image Credit & Copyright: Capture: Greg Turgeon; Processing: Kiko Fairbairn

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Young Stars of NGC 346

Image Credit: NASA, ESA - acknowledgement: Antonella Nota (ESA/STScI) et al.,

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Gravity's Grin

Image Credit: X-ray - NASA / CXC / J. Irwin et al. ; Optical - NASA/STScI

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NGC 6334: The Cat's Paw Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Stefan Steve Bemmerl & Team Wolfatorium (Hakos/Namibia)

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The featured image shows the Cat's Paw Nebula, an emission nebula cataloged as NGC 6634. The nebula is shown in assigned scientific colors similar to the famous Hubble palette.
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Spiral Galaxy NGC 1512: The Inner Rings

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Space Telescope

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The featured image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 1512 as taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Partial Solar Eclipse over Argentina

Image Credit & Copyright: Aixa Andrada

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