NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

In today's image, we see a 3D image from the Apollo 17 mission to the Moon which occurred 50 years ago this month. This was the last time humans walked on the Moon. However, recent missions have occurred with an eye toward future Moon landings in the future.

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In today's image, we see ammeter that is a part of the Geminid shower that peaked a couple of days ago. The Geminids are associated with the debris left behind by an asteroid. Also visible in the image are the constellation Orion and the planet Mars.

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In today's image, we see Mars as it disappeared behind our Moon for about an hour on December 8 during the occultation that was visible from much of Europe and North America. Another occultation will occur on January 3 which will be visible from Southern Africa and the surrounding oceans.

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In today's image, we see the lunar rover from the Apollo 17 mission from December 1972 - the last time humans landed on our Moon. The dust is the lunar soil or regolith which has been finely powdered by billions of years of impacts by micrometeorites. The duct tape refers to the repairs that had to be made to the damaged rover fender to keep the soil from being kicked up as the rover moved over the lunar surface.

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In today's image, we see an image of the sky over Norway. It it, we see two galaxies, our own Milky Way as well as the Andromeda Galaxy. We also see the planet Jupiter within our solar system, and a meteor and the aurora from within Earth's atmosphere. We also see the bright star Vega and the asterism known as the Big Dipper.

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In today's image, we see IC 1396, also known as the Elephant's Trunk Nebula. This is a part of a star forming region. The cometary globule toward the upper right holds a newly formed star which is in the process of eating away and clearing out the region around it.

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In today's image, we see Io as imaged by the Galileo Spacecraft back in 1999. This shows Io in true color as would be seen by the typical human eye. Io is the most volcanically active object in our solar system, being turned inside out by the tidal forces from Jupiter's strong gravity.

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In today's image, we see the Apollo 17 Lunar Module about an orbit before it would land on the surface of the Moon. This was the final landing of the Apollo program, now 50 years ago in Dec 1972. The image is in 3D and can best be viewed with red/blue 3D glasses.

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In today's image, we see the planet Mars rising above the lunar limb during the occultation which occurred on December 7 and was visible from much of North America and Europe. An occultation occurs when one astronomical object passes in front of another, temporarily blocking it from view. The most often observed occultation would be a solar eclipse when our Moon passes in front of the Sun.

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In today's image, we see the Orion craft as it flew by our Moon three days ago on its return trip to Earth from a trip out beyond our Moon. Visible on the surface is the Ocean of Storms as well as a number of craters. The craft is scheduled for a return to Earth with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on December 11.

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