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Improved map of Sputnik Planitia on Pluto - simulated using images and data from the New Horizons probe, which flew past Pluto in July 2015.
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The interacting galaxies of the Antennae (NGC 4038 and NGC 4039) are located approximately 63 million light years away from us towards the constellation Corvus.
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X-ray pulsar SXP 1062, part of the remnant of a supernova that exploded at the edge of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way at a distance of about 200 thousand light years from us.
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The Milky Way and the aurora borealis over Antarctica. In some parts of Antarctica, the sun may not rise above the horizon for weeks during the winter. At China's Zhongshan Station, people sometimes go out into the bitter cold to photograph the colorful night sky.
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The launch of the Ariane 5 missile at the Kuru cosmodrome, November 25, 2019. The rocket successfully brought two telecommunications apparatus to the geoptic orbit-the commercial Inmarsat-5 and the Egyptian government satellite of Tiba-1.
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NGC 6188 or the Fighting Dragons from the constellation Ara. This emission nebula is located at a distance of about 4000 light years from Earth.
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Carina Nebula (NGC 3372)
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On July 8, 2011, Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-135 lifted off from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center. This mission was Atlantis's last.
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The Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) in the constellation Draco
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James Webb captures cosmic 'hourglass' The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an image of the protostar L1527, whose ejecta form a figure resembling an hourglass.
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The emission nebula complex LHA 120-N44 is located in the constellation Dorado.
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Science is truly enjoyable. It is the way evolution has designed us to enjoy learning - those who learn are more likely to survive. - Carl Sagan "Cosmos"
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An artist's impression of a triple sunset on the planet's putative moon HD 188753 A b.
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Galaxy 2masx J05210136-2521450 - the result of a collision of two galaxies.
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Stephan's Quintet from the James Webb, Hubble and Subaru telescopes
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The reflection nebula NGC 1999 is illuminated by the variable star V380 Orionis, which is embedded in the nebula.
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Since 1985, when the shuttle Discovery carried 11 toys into space, they have been a regular presence beyond Earth.
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Mars appears above the limb of the Moon
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NGC 1491 is an emission nebula in the constellation Perseus.
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Galaxy accumulation in the constellation Perseus (Abell 426) in the X -ray light
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