APOD: At the Heart of Orion

Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive

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APOD: NGC 2736: The Pencil Nebula

Image Credit: ESO

APOD: Orbiting Astronaut Self-Portrait

Image Credit: EXPEDITION 32 CREW, INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, NASA 

APOD: A Solar Filament Erupts

Image Credit: NASA's GSFC, SDO AIA Team

APOD:Milky Way Over the Bungle Bungles

Image Credit & Copyright: Mike Salway

APOD: The Prawn Nebula

 Image Credit & Copyright: Marco Lorenzi

APOD: Colorful Star Clouds

Image Credit & Copyright: Tom O'Donoghue

First Mars Rock

First rock chosen to be zapped with Curiosity's chemistry lasers and camera.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/LANL 

And in case you were wondering how much I weight on Mars...

APOD: The Crescent Nebula

5,000 LIGHT YEARS AWAY!

Image Credit & Copyright: J-P Metsävainio

Curiosity on Mars: A Wall of Gale Crater

THIS IS SO EXCITING 

Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS 

APOD: Perseid Meteors and the Milky Way

Anybody the chance to view the Perseid Meteor shower this weekend?

NASA Pic: Spiral Galaxy NGC 4038 in Collision

Curiosity: New Photos From the Mars Rover

MRO's @HiRISE camera caught a photo of Curiosity an it's parachute upon Mars descent http://twitpic.com/ag8j1w/full

Curiosity's shadow and its view of the 3-mile-high mountain in the middle of Mars' Gale crater
http://twitpic.com/agc3nk/full

NASA Pic: The Bubble Nebula

45 times more massive than the Sun

NASA PIC: The Milky Way Over Monument Valley

MARS LANDING: AMAZING MISSION

WATCH THIS AMAZING VIDEO ABOUT CURIOSITY 
ROVER, BEING LAUNCHED ON SUNDAY AUGUST 6, 2012 
TO HOPEFULLY LAND ON MARS

NASA pic!

NASA Pic!
30 Doradus Nebula inside the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy

The New Telescope H.E.S.S II

Check out le new telescope!
The High Energy Stereoscopic System II (H.E.S.S) began its exploration of the Universe on July 26th!


Read it all here 

NASA Pic: Tulip Nebula 8,000 light years away!

NASA Pic: Get your red-blue glasses and check this out...

NASA PICTURE OF THE DAY: I currently don't have red blue glasses but I am sure its awesome!