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Animation: Black Hole Destroys Star

2021 April 27

Animation: Spiral Disk around a Black Hole

What would it look like to orbit a black hole?

Virtual Flight over Asteroid Vesta

What would it be like to fly over the asteroid Vesta?

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Lunations

Our Moon's appearance changes nightly. As the Moon orbits the Earth, the half illuminated by the Sun first becomes increasingly visible, then decreasingly visible.

Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Snows of Churyumov-Gerasimenko

You couldn't really be caught in this blizzard while standing by a cliff on Churyumov-Gerasimenko, also known as comet 67P.

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