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Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2013 April 13 Sun with Solar Flare Image Credit: NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory Explanation: This week the Sun gave up its strongest solar flare so far in 2013, accompanied by a coronal mass eject..

Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2013 April 12 Yuri's Planet Image Credit: ISS Expedition 30, NASA Explanation: On another April 12th, in 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alexseyevich Gagarin became the first human to see planet Earth ..

Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2013 April 11 Darkened City Image Credit & Copyright: Photo Thierry Cohen / Courtesy Danziger Gallery, New York Explanation: In a haunting vista you can never see, bright stars and the central Milk..

Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2013 April 10 Space Station Lookout Image Credit & Copyright: Chris Hadfield (CSA); Annotation assistance: Vincent Berseth Explanation: If you glanced out a side window of the International Space S..

Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2013 April 9 NGC 3132: The Southern Ring Nebula Image Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive, ESA, NASA; Processing - Donald Waid Explanation: It's the dim star, not the bright one, near the center of NGC 3..

Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2013 April 8 A Redshift Lookup Table for our Universe Image Credit: Sergey V. Pilipenko (LPI, MIPT) Explanation: How far away is "redshift six"? Although humans are inherently familiar with distanc..

Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2013 April 7 The Moon's Saturn Image Credit & Copyright: Jens Hackmann Explanation: Just days after sharing the western evening sky with Venus in 2007, the Moon moved on to Saturn - actually passin..

Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2013 April 6 Earth at Twilight Image Credit: ISS Expedition 2 Crew, Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth, NASA Explanation: No sudden, sharp boundary marks the passage of day into night in thi..

Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2013 April 5 Comet of the North Image Credit & Copyright: P-M Hedén (Clear Skies, TWAN) Explanation: It looks like a double comet, but Comet PanSTARRS (C/2011 L4) is just offering skygazers a Messi..

Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2013 April 4 M64: The Black Eye Galaxy Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh Explanation: This beautiful, bright, spiral galaxy is Messier 64, often called the Black Eye Galaxy or the Sleeping Beau..