Globular star cluster
Omega Centauri
packs about 10 million
stars much older than the Sun into a volume some 150 light-years in
diameter
Found among the rich starfields of the Milky Way,
star
cluster NGC 7789 lies about 8,000 light-years away
toward the constellation Cassiopeia
What’s happened since the universe started?
The time spiral shown here features a few
notable highlights
Last April’s Full Moon shines
through high clouds
near the horizon,
casting shadows in this garden-at-night skyscape
A reading from the first book of Kings 1 Kgs 21:17-29
After the death of Naboth the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite: “Start down to meet…
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Target: Sol (our sun) Mission: Mars 2020 Rover Instrument: Mastcam-Z Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute |
This colorized and sharpened image of the Sun is composed of
frames recording emission from hydrogen atoms in the solar chromosphere
on May 15
Is the Lion Nebula the real ruler of the
constellation Cepheus?
This powerful feline appearing
nebula is powered by two
massive stars, each with a mass over 20 times greater than
our Sun
Why does
Comet Pons-Brooks
now have tails pointing in opposite directions?
The most
spectacular tail is the blue-glowing
ion tail that is visible flowing down the image
An exploration of the thousands of maps held in the Geography and Map Division that are photocopies, including those from many 20th century wars.
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Saint Bernardine of Siena seems to have been a man with a whole lot of energy. He preached, reconciled cities, fought heresy, and attracted great crowds. Bernardine always traveled by foot, and often preached in more than one city on a given day. He is best known today for his great devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus.
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The Moon is seen passing in front of the Sun at the point of the maximum of the partial solar eclipse near Banner, Wyoming on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. A total solar eclipse swept across a narrow portion of the contiguous United States from Lincoln Beach, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina. A partial solar eclipse was visible across the entire North American continent along with parts of South America, Africa, and Europe. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
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What did the monster active region that created the recent auroras look like when at the Sun’s edge?
There, AR 3664 better showed its 3D structure
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For the mostly harmless denizens of planet Earth, the
brighter stars of open cluster
NGC 2169
seem to form a cosmic
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Target: Ida Mission: Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Image Credit: NASA/JPL |
Source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00135
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Target: Gaspra Mission: Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Image Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS |
Source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00119
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Target: Gaspra Mission: Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Image Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS |
Source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00125
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Target: Gaspra Mission: Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Image Credit: NASA/JPL |
Source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00229
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Target: Gaspra Mission: Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Image Credit: NASA/JPL |
Source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00228
In 1546, Charlotte Guillard (ca. 1485–1557) owned one of the most prestigious printing houses in Paris, the Soleil d’Or, and that year she printed an impressive, updated edition of the letters of Saint Jerome under her own name. The editor and commentator of this particular book, however, was the famous Dutch humanist Desiderius Erasmus (1468?-1536), whose published annotations on Jerome had been censured by the Venetian Inquisition and the Index of the University of Paris two years prior.
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Target: Ida Mission: Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Image Credit: NASA/JPL |
Source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00136
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Target: Sol (our sun) Mission: Instrument: Image Credit: NASA/JPL |
A mere 280 light-years from Earth,
tidally locked, Jupiter-sized exoplanet WASP-43b
orbits its parent star once every 0
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Target: Gaspra Mission: Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Image Credit: NASA/JPL |
Source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00118
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Target: Ida Mission: Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Image Credit: NASA/JPL |
Source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00137
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Target: Sol (our sun) Mission: Instrument: Image Credit: NASA/JPL |
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Target: Gaspra Mission: Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Image Credit: NASA/JPL |
Source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00078
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Target: Ida Mission: Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Image Credit: NASA/JPL |
Source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00069
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Target: Ida Mission: Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Image Credit: NASA/JPL |
Source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00138
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Target: Gaspra Mission: Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Image Credit: NASA/JPL |
Source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00079
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Target: Eros Mission: Image Credit: NASA |
Source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA18177
