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NASA APOD: Spiral Galaxy NGC 1512: Wide Field
Most galaxies don't have any rings -- why does this galaxy have three? To begin, a ring that's near NGC 1512's center -- and so hard to see here -- is the nuclear ring which glows brightly with recen...
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February 4, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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Spiral Galaxy NGC 1512 uniquely displays three distinct rings. These intricate structures form due to the galaxy's internal gravitational dynamics via secular evolution.
Credit: Daniel Stern
Credit: Daniel Stern
February 4, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Spiral Galaxy NGC 1512 uniquely displays three distinct rings. These intricate structures form due to the galaxy's internal gravitational dynamics via secular evolution.
Credit: Daniel Stern
Credit: Daniel Stern
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NASA APOD: Red Spider Planetary Nebula from Webb
Oh what a tangled web a planetary nebula can weave. The Red Spider Planetary Nebula shows the complex structure that can result when a normal star ejects its outer gases and becomes a white dwarf sta...
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February 3, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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The JWST imaged Red Spider Nebula (NGC 6537), a complex planetary nebula shaped by extreme winds over 1,000 km/s from its dying central star. It harbors one of the hottest white dwarfs ever observed.
Credit: NASA/ APOD
Credit: NASA/ APOD
February 3, 2026 at 6:15 PM
The JWST imaged Red Spider Nebula (NGC 6537), a complex planetary nebula shaped by extreme winds over 1,000 km/s from its dying central star. It harbors one of the hottest white dwarfs ever observed.
Credit: NASA/ APOD
Credit: NASA/ APOD
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NASA APOD: Orion: The Running Man Nebula
What part of Orion is this? Just north of the famous Orion Nebula is a picturesque star forming region in Orion's Sword that contains a lot of intricate dust -- some of which appears blue because it r...
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February 2, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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The Running Man Nebula (Sh2-279), north of the Orion Nebula, is a blue reflection nebula. Its dust, forming a "running legs" appearance, is slowly being destroyed by embedded stars, expected to dissipate in ~10 million years. Located 1,500 light-years away.
Credit: Robert G. Lyons
(Robservatory)
Credit: Robert G. Lyons
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February 2, 2026 at 6:15 PM
The Running Man Nebula (Sh2-279), north of the Orion Nebula, is a blue reflection nebula. Its dust, forming a "running legs" appearance, is slowly being destroyed by embedded stars, expected to dissipate in ~10 million years. Located 1,500 light-years away.
Credit: Robert G. Lyons
(Robservatory)
Credit: Robert G. Lyons
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NASA APOD: Artemis I: Flight Day 13
On flight day 13 (November 28, 2022) of the Artemis 1 mission, the Orion spacecraft reached its maximum distance from Earth. At over 430,000 kilometers from Earth, its distant retrograde orbit also pu...
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January 31, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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During Artemis I Flight Day 13, Orion reached its max distance (>430,000 km from Earth). From this extreme range, our home world and its Moon appeared nearly the same apparent size to the spacecraft. Artemis II will launch with crew.
Credit: NASA/ APOD
Credit: NASA/ APOD
January 31, 2026 at 6:15 PM
During Artemis I Flight Day 13, Orion reached its max distance (>430,000 km from Earth). From this extreme range, our home world and its Moon appeared nearly the same apparent size to the spacecraft. Artemis II will launch with crew.
Credit: NASA/ APOD
Credit: NASA/ APOD
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NASA APOD: NGC 1333: Stellar Nursery in Perseus
NGC 1333 is seen in visible light as a reflection nebula, dominated by bluish hues characteristic of starlight reflected by interstellar dust. A mere 1,000 light-years distant toward the heroic conste...
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January 30, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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NGC 1333: A reflection nebula in Perseus, 1,000 light-years away. This stellar nursery harbors hundreds of stars less than a million years old, many still hidden by dust. Its chaotic environment may mirror our Sun's formation.
Credit: Robert Eder
Credit: Robert Eder
January 30, 2026 at 6:15 PM
NGC 1333: A reflection nebula in Perseus, 1,000 light-years away. This stellar nursery harbors hundreds of stars less than a million years old, many still hidden by dust. Its chaotic environment may mirror our Sun's formation.
Credit: Robert Eder
Credit: Robert Eder
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NASA APOD: NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans
Distorted galaxy NGC 2442 can be found in the southern constellation of the flying fish, (Piscis) Volans. Located about 50 million light-years away, the galaxy's two spiral arms extending from a prono...
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January 29, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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NGC 2442, a hook-shaped galaxy 50 million light-years away in Volans, has distorted spiral arms. Its unique structure is likely due to an ancient close encounter with a smaller galaxy.
Credit: Mike Selby
Credit: Mike Selby
January 29, 2026 at 6:15 PM
NGC 2442, a hook-shaped galaxy 50 million light-years away in Volans, has distorted spiral arms. Its unique structure is likely due to an ancient close encounter with a smaller galaxy.
Credit: Mike Selby
Credit: Mike Selby
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NASA APOD: M78: Reflecting Blue in a Sea of Red
In the vast Orion Molecular Cloud complex, several bright blue nebulas are particularly apparent. Pictured here in the center are two of the most prominent reflection nebulas - dust clouds lit by the...
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January 28, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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M78 is a blue reflection nebula 1,500 light-years away in the Orion Molecular Cloud. Its dust glows by reflecting light from embedded stars. Diffuse hydrogen creates the overall red hue of this star-forming complex, home to the Orion and Horsehead Nebulas.
Credit: Daniel McCauley
Credit: Daniel McCauley
January 28, 2026 at 6:15 PM
M78 is a blue reflection nebula 1,500 light-years away in the Orion Molecular Cloud. Its dust glows by reflecting light from embedded stars. Diffuse hydrogen creates the overall red hue of this star-forming complex, home to the Orion and Horsehead Nebulas.
Credit: Daniel McCauley
Credit: Daniel McCauley
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NASA APOD: Orion's Treasures over Snowy Mountains
Rising over a frozen valley in the Tatra Mountains, the familiar stars and nebulas of Orion dominate this wide-field nightscape. The featured deep photo was taken in southern Poland's highest mountai...
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January 27, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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Orion glows above Poland's snowy Tatra Mountains. This nightscape reveals the Great Orion Nebula, a vast stellar nursery visible to the unaided eye, surrounded by Barnard's Loop and other nebulous structures.
Credit: WΕodzimierz Bubak;
Text: Ogetay Kayali
(MTU)
Credit: WΕodzimierz Bubak;
Text: Ogetay Kayali
(MTU)
January 27, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Orion glows above Poland's snowy Tatra Mountains. This nightscape reveals the Great Orion Nebula, a vast stellar nursery visible to the unaided eye, surrounded by Barnard's Loop and other nebulous structures.
Credit: WΕodzimierz Bubak;
Text: Ogetay Kayali
(MTU)
Credit: WΕodzimierz Bubak;
Text: Ogetay Kayali
(MTU)
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NASA APOD: NGC 55: A Galaxy of Nebulas
Can you see nebulas in other galaxies? Yes, some nebulas shine brightly enough -- if you know how to look. Clouds of hydrogen and oxygen emit light at very specific colors, and by isolating them, as...
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January 26, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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NGC 55 reveals bright nebulas by isolating their light. This 50-hour exposure highlights glowing hydrogen (red) and oxygen (blue) within the galaxy, offering a detailed look at distant star-forming regions. NGC 55 lies 6.5 million light-years aβ¦
Credit: Wolfgang Promper;
Text: Ogetay Kayali
(MTU)
Credit: Wolfgang Promper;
Text: Ogetay Kayali
(MTU)
January 26, 2026 at 6:15 PM
NGC 55 reveals bright nebulas by isolating their light. This 50-hour exposure highlights glowing hydrogen (red) and oxygen (blue) within the galaxy, offering a detailed look at distant star-forming regions. NGC 55 lies 6.5 million light-years aβ¦
Credit: Wolfgang Promper;
Text: Ogetay Kayali
(MTU)
Credit: Wolfgang Promper;
Text: Ogetay Kayali
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NASA APOD: Phobos: Doomed Moon of Mars
This moon is doomed. Mars, the red planet named for the Roman god of war, has two tiny moons, Phobos and Deimos, whose names are derived from the Greek for Fear and Panic. These Martian moons may well...
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January 25, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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Phobos, the larger moon of Mars, orbits so close that tidal forces are dragging it down. In ~50 million years, this asteroid-like moon will disintegrate, forming a debris ring around the Red Planet.
Credit: NASA/ APOD
Credit: NASA/ APOD
January 25, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Phobos, the larger moon of Mars, orbits so close that tidal forces are dragging it down. In ~50 million years, this asteroid-like moon will disintegrate, forming a debris ring around the Red Planet.
Credit: NASA/ APOD
Credit: NASA/ APOD
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βExploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still.β
β Carl Sagan
β Carl Sagan
January 25, 2026 at 2:44 PM
βExploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still.β
β Carl Sagan
β Carl Sagan
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NASA APOD: Earthset from Orion
ght billion people are about to disappear in this snapshot from space taken on 2022 November 21. On the sixth day of the Artemis I mission, their home world is setting behind the Moon's bright edge as...
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January 24, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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This Earthset was seen from Orion during Artemis I. On Nov 28, 2022, Orion broke Apollo 13's record, reaching over 400,000 km from Earthβthe most distant spacecraft designed for human exploration.
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Credit: NASA/ APOD
January 24, 2026 at 6:15 PM
This Earthset was seen from Orion during Artemis I. On Nov 28, 2022, Orion broke Apollo 13's record, reaching over 400,000 km from Earthβthe most distant spacecraft designed for human exploration.
Credit: NASA/ APOD
Credit: NASA/ APOD
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NASA APOD: Planetary Nebula Abell 7
Very faint planetary nebula Abell 7 is about 1,800 light-years distant. It lies just south of Orion in planet Earth's skies toward the constellation Lepus, The Hare. Posing with scattered Milky Way st...
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January 23, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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Abell 7, a planetary nebula 1,800 light-years away, illustrates the brief final phase of a Sun-like star. Our Sun will shed its outer layers in 5 billion years, forming its own nebula.
Credit: Martin Pugh
Credit: Martin Pugh
January 23, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Abell 7, a planetary nebula 1,800 light-years away, illustrates the brief final phase of a Sun-like star. Our Sun will shed its outer layers in 5 billion years, forming its own nebula.
Credit: Martin Pugh
Credit: Martin Pugh