In today's image, we see an animation showing the past and predicted future tails of comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. The comet is currently separating from the direction of the Sun in the sky and may become more prominent in the evening sky over the next week before it begins to fade.

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In today's image, we see comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS as recently viewed over the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. The comet is currently visible in the evening sky just after sunset and may be at its best over the next few days.

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In today's image, we see a timeless of the aurora. This compresses an hour in to just about 8 seconds. We can see the red glow due to oxygen atoms in Earth's upper atmosphere. The atoms glow because of the recent solar flare which sent charged particles toward Earth.

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In today's image, we see the Northern Lights as seen from West Virginia recently. The aurora are seen at lower latitude like this when solar storms - coronal mass ejections and solar flares send large amounts of particles toward Earth.

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In today's image, we see an image from the annular eclipse of October 11. This type of eclipse occurs when our Moon is near apogee, its greatest distance from Earth. This makes it appear smaller and it cannot fully block out Sun's disk.

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In today's image, we see images of five bright comets from the 21st century as images by the SOHO spacecraft.

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In today's image, we see the galaxy known as M 106. This is a specific type of spiral galaxy known as a Seyfert Galaxy. This is what is known as an active galaxy which emits more energy from its core than an ordinary spiral galaxy.

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In today's image, we see an image from the annular solar eclipse from this past week. Here, the Moon passes in front of the Sun, but the Moon appears slightly smaller than the Sun because of its distance and is unable to completely block out the Sun's light. This leaves a ring or annulus around the Sun.

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In today's image, we see comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in the sky. The comet is currently very close to the Sun, but will likely be bright enough to be seen with the naked eye as it moves away from the Sun and is visible in the western sky after sunset.

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In today's image, we see the great comet of 2007, Comet McNaught. The comet was one of the brightest to have been seen in several decades. Now, we look for Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS which is brightening in the sky and may become a prominent comet over the next couple of weeks.

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