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		| The Annotated Galactic Center
  
  The center of our Milky Way galaxy can be found some 26,000 light-years away toward the constellation Sagittarius.   
     
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		| A Lunar Corona over Turin
  
  What are those colorful rings around the Moon?   
     
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		| M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster
  
  Have you ever seen the Pleiades star cluster?   
     
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		| Spiral Galaxy M96 from Hubble
  
  Dust lanes seem to swirl around the core of Messier 96 in this colorful, detailed portrait of the center of a beautiful island universe.   
     
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		| A Live View from the International Space Station
  
  If you were floating above the Earth right now, this is what you might see.   
     
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		| Astronomy Picture of the Day: Lunar Eclipse over Cologne Cathedral
  
  Why would a bright full Moon suddenly become dark? Because it entered the shadow of the Earth.   
     
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		| Astronomy Picture of the Day: Hayabusa2 Ascends from Asteroid Ryugu
  
  Will spacecraft Hayabusa2 be able to land safely on asteroid Ryugu?   
     
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		| Astronomy Picture of the Day: Rover 1A Hops on Asteroid Ryugu
  
  Two small robots have begun hopping around the surface of asteroid Ryugu.   
     
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		| Astronomy Picture of the Day: Curiosity Vista from Vera Rubin Ridge
  
  If you could stand on Mars -- what might you see? If you were NASA's Curiosity rover, just last month you would have seen the view from Vera Rubin Ridge, an intriguing rock-strewn perch on the side of Mount Sharp.   
     
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		| Astronomy Picture of the Day: Stripping ESO 137-001
  
  Spiral galaxy ESO 137-001 hurtles through massive galaxy cluster Abell 3627 some 220 million light years away.   
     
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