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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 28 A Raging Storm System on Saturn Image Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA Explanation: It was one of the largest and longest lived storms ever recorded in our Solar Syst..

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 27 Sharp Stereo Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSL Explanation: Get out your red/blue glasses and gaze across the floor of Gale crater on Mars. From your vantage point on the deck of t..

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 26 A Year on the Sun Image Credit: NASA, Solar Dynamics Observatory Explanation: Our solar system's miasma of incandescent plasma, the Sun may look a little scary here. The picture is a ..

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 25 Lunar Eclipses Image Credit & Copyright: Igor Vin'yaminov Explanation: The dark, inner shadow of planet Earth is called the umbra. Shaped like a cone extending into space, it has a ci..

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 24 Wringing a Wet Towel in Orbit Video Credit: CSA, ASC, Expedition 35 Explanation: What happens if you wring out a wet towel while floating in space? The water shouldn't fall toward the..

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 23 X-rays from Supernova Remnant SN 1006 Image Credit: NASA/CXC/P. Frank Winkler (Middlebury College) Explanation: What looks like a puff-ball is surely the remains of the brightest supe..

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 22 The Horsehead Nebula in Infrared from Hubble Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STSci/AURA) Explanation: While drifting through the cosmos, a magnificent interstel..

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 21 The Big Dipper Image Credit & Copyright: Jerry Lodriguss (Catching the Light) Explanation: Do you see it? This common question frequently precedes the rediscovery of one of the most c..

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 20 Airglow, Gegenschein, and Milky Way Image Credit & Copyright: Yuri Beletsky (Las Campanas Observatory, Carnegie Institution) Explanation: As far as the eye could see, it was a dark ni..

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 19 NGC 1788 and the Witch's Whiskers Image Credit & Copyright: John Davis Explanation: This skyscape finds an esthetic balance of interstellar dust and gas residing in the suburbs of the..