Candy-Colored Phobos
As of March 2020, our Mars Odyssey has captured these six views of the Martian moon Phobos.
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This Gas Giant Is Pretty in Pink
This Gas Giant Is Pretty in Pink
If humans could travel to this giant planet, we would see a world still glowing from the heat of its formation with a color reminiscent of a dark cherry blossom, a dull magenta.
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One Rehearsal Away from Touching Asteroid Bennu
One Rehearsal Away from Touching Asteroid Bennu
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx is ready for touchdown on asteroid Bennu.
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Hubble Sees Near and Far
Hubble Sees Near and Far
The barred spiral galaxy known as NGC 4907 shows its starry face from 270 million light-years away to anyone who can see it from the Northern Hemisphere. Appearing in this Hubble image to shine brightly below the galaxy is a star that is actually within our own Milky Way galaxy.
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A Starry Sky Above the Earth’s Atmospheric Glow
A Starry Sky Above the Earth’s Atmospheric Glow
This long-exposure photograph captures a starry sky above the Earth’s atmospheric glow.
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