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APOD: 2013 May 26 – PanSTARRS Anti Tail Grows
APOD: 2013 May 26 – PanSTARRS Anti Tail Grows

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2013 May 26 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss  …

APOD: 2013 May 25 – Lunar Corona over Cochem Castle
APOD: 2013 May 25 – Lunar Corona over Cochem Castle

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2013 May 25 – Lunar… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss…

Vast Ligeia Mare in False Color
Vast Ligeia Mare in False Color

Ligeia Mare, shown here in a false-color image from NASA's Cassini mission, is the second largest known body of liquid…

The Engine Burns Blue
The Engine Burns Blue

This image shows a cutting-edge solar-electric propulsion thruster in development at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., that uses xenon…

A Volcanic Crater in an Impact Crater
A Volcanic Crater in an Impact Crater

Gibran, the large impact crater at the top of today's featured image, hosts a somewhat irregularly shaped 30-km-diameter pit. Such…

Lermontov’s Legacy
Lermontov’s Legacy

The bright floor of the crater Lermontov, first imaged by Mariner 10, stands in contrast to the surrounding terrain of…

On the Splendor of Abedin
On the Splendor of Abedin

In Mercury's northern plains, Abedin crater stands out as a relatively fresh impact crater. Impact melt that fractured as it…

Filling the Void
Filling the Void

Inside the large peak-ring basin Praxiteles sits this small, unnamed crater that has been partially flooded with volcanic material. The…

Picking Apart Praxiteles
Picking Apart Praxiteles

Within Praxiteles, several potential volcanic vents are visible. One such vent, in the bottom left of this image, is particularly…

Kuiper3
Kuiper3

Dust off those red-cyan 3D glasses again to see Kuiper crater in three dimensions! This anaglyph image was created from…