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Twisted 'taffy galaxies' in amazing Gemini North Telescope image

The NSF NOIRLab-operated Gemini North telescope captured stunning imagery of galaxies UGC 12914 and UGC 12915, aka 'Taffy ...
Minnesota's New Country

NASA Has A Birthday Gift For Every Minnesotan

NASA has a free tool where you type in your birthday and get back real Hubble Space Telescope photos taken on that exact date ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN

Hubble finds compact starburst galaxy that helped transform the early universe

A galaxy just one-hundredth the size of the Milky Way has given astronomers one of their clearest views yet of one of the ...

These astro photos come with sound! NASA creates music from data-heavy photos

In honor of the Fourth of July, NASA has released a patriotic collection of images that also comes with data-centered audio ...

Comet from another star has a composition unlike anything else in our solar system

Astronomers have revealed new details about the make-up and age of a visiting comet that was born around a distant star. They ...
Smithsonian Magazine

America’s First Space Station Proved Humans Could Live and Work in Orbit for Months. Now, the Public Can See What It Looked Like in Person for the First Time in Eight Years

A backup version of Skylab was displayed when the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum opened 50 years ago. After renovation of the building, the artifact is once more on view in a new gallery ...