Mocha Swirls in Jupiter’s Turbulent Atmosphere
During its 36th low pass over Jupiter, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of striking cloud bands and swirls in the giant planet’s mid-southern latitudes.
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Crew Dragon Endeavour Recovered After a Successful Splashdown
Crew Dragon Endeavour Recovered After a Successful Splashdown
The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft is lifted onto the GO Navigator recovery ship after it landed off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Mon., Nov. 8, 2021.
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Spotted by Hubble: Dark Star-Hatching frEGGs
Spotted by Hubble: Dark Star-Hatching frEGGs
This image shows knots of cold, dense interstellar gas where new stars are forming. These Free-floating Evaporating Gaseous Globules (frEGGs) are located in the Northern Coalsack Nebula in the direction of Cygnus, the Swan.
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Particles From the Sun Produce Light Show on Earth
Particles From the Sun Produce Light Show on Earth
The aurora borealis glow on the northern horizon while stars wheel overhead in this long exposure, taken near the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah on Nov. 4, 2021.
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Hubble Images Colorful Planetary Nebula Ringed by Hazy Halo
Hubble Images Colorful Planetary Nebula Ringed by Hazy Halo
The colorful planetary nebula, NGC 2438, formed after the death of a Sun-like star. It appears to lie on the outskirts of the open star cluster, M46 (NGC 2437), when in fact it is in the foreground between us and the star cluster.
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