NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

In today's image, we see the Large Magellanic Cloud, the nearest satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way. In this deep exposure, we can see that there is a bar-like structure across the galaxy, similar to that found in many spiral galaxies.

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In today's image, we see Jupiter and Venus as seen from Earth in 2012 when they were about three degrees apart in the sky, with a person set between the two planets appearing to hold one in each hand. Currently, the two planets are also close together again this year and reached their closest position this past week.

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In today's image, we see the planets Jupiter and Venus in the sky over Italy. Venus is the brighter of the two objects at the center of the image. When two objects pass close together in the sky, it is called a conjunction. The two are now moving away from each other with Venus getting higher in the sky and Jupiter sinking into the glare of the Sun at sunset.

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In today's image, we see 10 images of the sky showing the planets Venus and Jupiter from February 21 through March 2. We can follow as Jupiter sinks lower and lower in the sky while Venus gets higher and higher. The were closest together on March 2 when they were separated by less than the diameter of the full moon.

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In today's image, we see the remnant left behind by a star that was seen to explode nearly 2000 years ago. A new star was recorded near the center of this remnant by Chinese astronomers. No neutron star/pulsar seems to be present, leading us to believe that this is a Type Ia supernova which is the explosion of a white dwarf star which has exceeded its mass limit.

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In today's image, we see the galaxy NGC 3169 which looks like it is being unraveled by interactions with a companion galaxy. These galaxies are in the process of colliding together and will eventually merge to form a single galaxy.

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In today's image, we see The Flaming Star Nebula, which is an example of an emission nebula which shines with the red glow of hydrogen gas. Off to the right, we see comet ZTF which we have looked at a number of times over the past couple of months. Comet ZTF is now heading back out to the depths of the solar system.

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In today's image, we see the thin crescent Moon behind the temple of Poseidon in Greece. The very thin crescent phase is the most difficult to find in the sky since the thin crescent is always near the Sun in the sky and can only be seen briefly shortly after sunset or shortly before sunrise.

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In today's image, we see the zodiacal light extending in a ray up above the horizon. This is caused by dust scatted off of dust in our solar system and back to Earth. The two bright objects are Venus(below) and Jupiter(above). These are getting closer together over the next few days and will then switch places in the evening sky.

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In today's image, we see one of the moons of Saturn known as Iapetus. This moon has some interesting structures giving it a passing resemblance to perhaps a walnut. In addition, it has two distinct sides - one bright white and icy and the other very dark and sooty.

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