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Southern lights seen from space
Pictures taken from the International Space Station and from Antarctica show a stunning green aurora in July 2011. Read more about southern lights.
July 20, 2011
A cosmic superbubble
Nebula LHA 120–N 44 surrounds star cluster NGC 1929, appearing as a cosmic superbubble within the Large Magellanic Cloud. Read more and see the image.
July 20, 2011
Asteroid Vesta seen in 1st Dawn image
NASA engineers estimate that Dawn orbit capture around Vesta took place around 5 UTC Saturday, July 16. This image is from 9,500 miles (15,000 kilometers) away.
July 19, 2011
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft nears asteroid Vesta
NASA's Dawn spacecraft will arrive at the main-belt asteroid Vesta tomorrow (July 15). Space scientists say the spacecraft is performing normally at this time.
July 14, 2011
Galaxy collisions not the only source of monster black hole activity
What causes a monster black hole at a galaxy's heart to turn on and begin radiating powerfully? European astronomers suggest a reason besides galaxy collisions.
July 13, 2011
Celebrate Neptune in awesome images
Today marks the completion of Neptune's first known orbit in human history. Voyager 2 gave us images of Neptune the early observers would have envied.
July 12, 2011
Space shuttle Atlantis liftoff seen from above
Space shuttle Atlantis blasted off from Cape Canaveral at 10:29 a.m. CDT (15:29 UTC) on July 8, 2011 for a final mission. This amazing photo captured the launch from above.
July 10, 2011
Space shuttle Atlantis up and away one last time
NASA's space shuttle Atlantis successfully blasted from Cape Canaveral on Friday, July 8, 2011. It is NASA's final space shuttle mission.
July 8, 2011
Giant thunderstorm on Saturn in images
The Cassini spacecraft delivers imagery of a massive thunderstorm on Saturn eight times the surface area of Earth.
July 7, 2011
Hubble Space Telescope’s one-millionth observation
The Hubble Space Telescope made its millionth observation during a search for water in the atmosphere of a planet 1,000 light-years away.
July 6, 2011
