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NASA Astronaut Shares Breathtaking Photos From the ISS, Featuring Galaxies and Glowing ‘Star Trails’

On his fourth flight, Don Pettit is once again sharing the art of astrophotography, capturing and posting pictures of Earth, satellites and space

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Breathtaking Photo Shows ISS Astronaut's View of Nearby Galaxies

A new photograph shared by NASA offers a peek at the breathtaking views seen from the International Space Station (ISS). The image shows off Earth's colorful airglow as well as two nearby galaxies, together dubbed the Magellanic Clouds, just outside of our own cosmic neighborhood.

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NASA Astronaut Captures Stunning Photo of Galactic Pair From ISS

Don Pettit packed a home-made tracker to space, allowing him to bless our timelines with long-exposure images.

Daily Galaxy on MSN · 3d

NASA Astronaut Captures Never-Before-Seen Image of Two Galaxies from SpaceX Capsule

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has taken a breathtaking long-exposure photograph of two dwarf galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud, from the window of a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.

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Astro Brief: A Distant Explosion

Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and ...

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Space photo of the week: Astronaut spots 2 nearby galaxies from SpaceX capsule

NASA astronaut Don Pettit imaged the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds as the International Space Station cruised 260 miles ...

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This distant star is about to die — and astronomers caught it in close-up

After years of effort, astronomers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) announced they managed to capture the first ...

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Can You See The Stars From The Moon's Surface? Yes, But They Look A Little Different

If you've ever taken a few minutes out of your day to look at old footage and photographs of astronauts bouncing around on ...

Space on MSN1d

Meet the Best-Known Black Holes In Our Galaxy

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center runs down the best-known Black Holes in the Milky Way galaxy and the Large Magellanic Cloud.

10 incredible images of star clusters by NASA

Hubble's image of NGC 3603 reveals a young star cluster and a cavity formed by hot blue stars in surrounding gas and dust. The image shows WR 25 and Tr16-244, massive stars in the Trumpler 16 cluster ...

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'Behemoth star' captured in spectacular close-up image — and it's on the brink of exploding

WOH G64, also known as the "behemoth star," is a red supergiant star located outside of the Milky Way in the Large Magellanic Cloud. This photo is the first close-up image of such a distant star ...

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Dead stars within supernova explosions could solve the dark matter mystery in 10 seconds

Gamma rays emerging from neutron stars at the hearts of supernova explosions could solve the mystery of dark matter — in just ...

7 breathtaking images of star clusters captured by NASA

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of globular clusters, dense star groups containing thousands to millions of stars formed from a shared nebula. NASA captured Westerlund 1, the largest ...

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