NASA Image of the Day The latest NASA “Image of the Day” image.
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Hubble Captures a Cannibal Galaxy
on April 3, 2020 at 12:11 pm
This remarkable spiral galaxy, known as NGC 4651, may look serene and peaceful as it swirls in the vast, silent emptiness of space, but don’t be fooled — it keeps a violent secret.
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Rosette Nebula Gives Birth to Stars
on April 2, 2020 at 8:42 am
This 2010 image from the Herschel Space Observatory shows dust clouds associated with the Rosette Nebula, a stellar nursery about 5,000 light-years from Earth in the Monoceros, or Unicorn, constellation.
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Klotho and Lina
on April 1, 2020 at 1:33 pm
Appearing as strings of orange dots, the brightest sets of dots belong to asteroids Klotho and Lina. Both orbit out in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
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Be An Astronaut
on March 31, 2020 at 1:48 pm
In March 2017, Peggy Whitson broke the then-spacewalking record for female astronauts.
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Celebrating NASA’s Astronaut-Physicians
on March 30, 2020 at 1:31 pm
Today is National Doctors’ Day!