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Asteroid brushes the Horsehead Nebula
Animation shows the space rock 4451 Grieve as it zips by the famous nebula.
December 3, 2014
Night-shining cloud season begins in Antarctica
Noctilucent clouds - aka night-shining clouds - are thought to be made of ice crystals that form on fine dust particles from meteors.
December 1, 2014
Bar-headed geese in India
A beautiful shot of bar-headed geese - one of the world's highest flying birds - over a wetlands in India in November 2014. Photo by Abhinav Singhai.
November 30, 2014
Good morning!
November morning sky at Old Scituate Light in Scituate, Massachusetts, USA.
November 28, 2014
Crescent moon
Tuesday's crescent moon sets behind a small cabin. Photo by Göran Strand.
November 27, 2014
Magellanic Clouds and more
Milky Way, Large and Small Magellanic Clouds and bright star Canopus can be seen in this image taken at sunrise over East Java’s Mount Bromo.
November 26, 2014
Ice-covered lighthouse in Michigan
Wow! A fearsome ice king! Outer lighthouse in St. Joseph, Michigan last Friday night.
November 25, 2014
Venus returning to evening sky!
The sky's brightest planet, Venus, has been behind the sun as viewed from our earthly vantage point. By early December, it'll be back in your evening sky!
November 22, 2014
One of the highest resolution images of Mercury, ever
MESSENGER spacecraft's fuel is nearly depleted. It will impact Mercury in March 2015. For now, space engineers are getting some of the best-ever Mercury pics.
November 21, 2014
