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Last year's transit of Venus:

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This is a strange thing - like a giant space tadpole :) It is a protostar called IRAS 20324+4057.

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There are larger versions available here from space.com.
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A beautiful composite image of Saturn (article here).
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I'm so glad the US Government shutdown is over. Should mean my NASA feeds start working again!
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yes. it's working ;)
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JazHaz wrote:
I'm so glad the US Government shutdown is over. Should mean my NASA feeds start working again!
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Yeah, right beautiful, is that... if you want the large version, it's here.
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Great telescopic pic of Comet ISON - it's just become naked-eye visible, it seems.
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Cody wrote:
Great telescopic pic of Comet ISON - it's just become naked-eye visible, it seems.
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Some beautiful pics of the Tarantula nebula, courtesy of hubble.
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Some APOD pics simply have to posted:

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