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Video: Zoom into the Large Sagittarius Star Cloud
This video is peering toward the center of our Milky Way. It zooms in on the star cluster NGC 6520 and the dark star-forming cloud Barnard 86.
February 13, 2013
Video: Geminid Meteors on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Watch this time-lapse video capturing several days of Geminid meteor shower activity
February 12, 2013
Video: Asteroid 2012 DA14’s safe passage near Earth on February 15
Asteroid 2012 DA14 – an object about half the length of a football field – will pass Earth on February 15, 2013. Watch NASA videos about this event.
February 6, 2013
Video: Sunrise and sunset from the moon
This video, from the Kurdistan Planetarium in the U.K., shows the sun rising as seen from the moon's surface and setting two weeks later.
February 6, 2013
Video: Golden ring, and dragon tail, from our sun
The sun released two especially interesting and beautiful features on January 31, 2013. See pics and video of the ring-shaped prominence and Dragon Tail filament here.
February 3, 2013
When can you see a daytime moon?
I saw the moon in a blue sky. Why? How can this happen? I thought the moon was visible only at night!
January 29, 2013
Video: Lunar halo seen over Israel on January 27, 2013
Time-sequence video showing a lunar halo form. The moon with its halo appears to drift as Earth turns beneath the sky. From our friends at Bareket Observatory.
January 28, 2013
Video: Record-setting asteroid flyby in February, 2013
2012 DA14 is about half the size of an American football field. It'll fly closer to Earth than some artificial satellites on February 15, 2013.
January 28, 2013
Ride along with ISS, from night to day to night again
Beautiful astronaut video from aboard the International Space Station, showing day and night on Earth, as ISS passes between the two twice.
January 28, 2013
Death Valley Dreamlapse during peak of 2012 Geminid meteor shower
Gorgeous video made at the peak of the 2012 Geminid meteor shower over Death Valley. Bonus points for identifying the visible planets.
January 27, 2013
