#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "A once-in-a-lifetime crater has appeared on the Moon! A comet or asteroid roughly the size of a humpback whale (approximately 10-20 meters, 30-60 feet) crashed into the Moon sometime between April and May of 2024." NASA APOD
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APOD: 2026 September 23 – A New Lunar Crater: McGetchin
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September 24, 2026 at 3:04 AM
#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "A once-in-a-lifetime crater has appeared on the Moon! A comet or asteroid roughly the size of a humpback whale (approximately 10-20 meters, 30-60 feet) crashed into the Moon sometime between April and May of 2024." NASA APOD
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#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "The ghosts of five supernovas haunt this extraordinary image. It was acquired at Oukaïmeden Observatory in Morocco with approximately 200 hours of observations and shows a large patch of the sky" NASA APOD
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APOD: 2026 September 24 - The Ghosts of Five Supernovas
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September 25, 2026 at 2:09 AM
#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "The ghosts of five supernovas haunt this extraordinary image. It was acquired at Oukaïmeden Observatory in Morocco with approximately 200 hours of observations and shows a large patch of the sky" NASA APOD
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#SomewhereDeepInTheNight: "And to all of you down there on Earth and around Earth, we love you, from the Moon. We will see you on the other side," said Artemis II pilot Victor Glover on April 6th at 6:44pm ET.... " NASA APOD
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April 8, 2026 at 8:38 PM
#SomewhereDeepInTheNight: "And to all of you down there on Earth and around Earth, we love you, from the Moon. We will see you on the other side," said Artemis II pilot Victor Glover on April 6th at 6:44pm ET.... " NASA APOD
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#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "What's connecting these two volcanoes? In ancient folklore, the two volcanoes, Parinacota (left) and Pomerape (right), are connected by representing a mythical prince and princess who engaged in a forbidden romance." NASA APOD
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APOD: 2026 July 28 – Barnards Loop over Twin Volcanoes
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July 29, 2026 at 2:26 AM
#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "What's connecting these two volcanoes? In ancient folklore, the two volcanoes, Parinacota (left) and Pomerape (right), are connected by representing a mythical prince and princess who engaged in a forbidden romance." NASA APOD
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#SomewhereDeepInTheNight
"How can we see what is invisible? Black holes are not easy to see in the dark cosmic night, but astronomers can find them by analyzing their gravitational effects on matter, light and spacetime." NASA APOD
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"How can we see what is invisible? Black holes are not easy to see in the dark cosmic night, but astronomers can find them by analyzing their gravitational effects on matter, light and spacetime." NASA APOD
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APOD: 2026 April – Caught in the Web
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April 3, 2026 at 9:05 PM
#SomewhereDeepInTheNight
"How can we see what is invisible? Black holes are not easy to see in the dark cosmic night, but astronomers can find them by analyzing their gravitational effects on matter, light and spacetime." NASA APOD
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"How can we see what is invisible? Black holes are not easy to see in the dark cosmic night, but astronomers can find them by analyzing their gravitational effects on matter, light and spacetime." NASA APOD
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#SomewhereDeepInTheNight " Today’s image features two total solar eclipses viewed from Zaragoza, Spain, one over the Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar and the other reflecting in the Ebro River." NASA APOD "
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APOD: 2026 August 13 – Total Solar Eclipse Over Spain
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August 14, 2026 at 3:28 AM
#SomewhereDeepInTheNight " Today’s image features two total solar eclipses viewed from Zaragoza, Spain, one over the Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar and the other reflecting in the Ebro River." NASA APOD "
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#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "Sometimes we can all use a little help from a friend. NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory needs a boost to stay in orbit after almost 22 years of service. This video shows an artist's visualization of the Swift Boost Mission: "
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APOD: 2026 July 8 - Swift Boost Mission
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July 8, 2026 at 11:04 PM
#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "Sometimes we can all use a little help from a friend. NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory needs a boost to stay in orbit after almost 22 years of service. This video shows an artist's visualization of the Swift Boost Mission: "
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#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "The less commonly seen band, on the right, is zodiacal light -- sunlight reflected from dust orbiting the Sun in our Solar System. Zodiacal light is brightest near the Sun and so is best seen just before sunrise or just after sunset. " APOD
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APOD: 2026 July 6 – Dueling Bands over the Atacama Desert
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July 7, 2026 at 2:58 AM
#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "The less commonly seen band, on the right, is zodiacal light -- sunlight reflected from dust orbiting the Sun in our Solar System. Zodiacal light is brightest near the Sun and so is best seen just before sunrise or just after sunset. " APOD
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#SomewhereDeepInTheNight
"This is a map of the universe. The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument at Kitt Peak National Observatory, has finished its five-year survey. It observed more than 47 million galaxies and quasars and created a 3D map centered on the Earth."
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"This is a map of the universe. The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument at Kitt Peak National Observatory, has finished its five-year survey. It observed more than 47 million galaxies and quasars and created a 3D map centered on the Earth."
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APOD: 2026 April 23 – Large Scale Structure of the Universe
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April 23, 2026 at 8:53 PM
#SomewhereDeepInTheNight
"This is a map of the universe. The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument at Kitt Peak National Observatory, has finished its five-year survey. It observed more than 47 million galaxies and quasars and created a 3D map centered on the Earth."
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"This is a map of the universe. The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument at Kitt Peak National Observatory, has finished its five-year survey. It observed more than 47 million galaxies and quasars and created a 3D map centered on the Earth."
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#SomewhereDeepInTheNight
" Is this star winking at us? This particular light curve was created with Citizen Astronomy, an open-source software for differential photometry. " NASA APOD
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" Is this star winking at us? This particular light curve was created with Citizen Astronomy, an open-source software for differential photometry. " NASA APOD
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APOD: 2026 September 9 – Witness XZ Andromedae Wink
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September 9, 2026 at 10:29 PM
#SomewhereDeepInTheNight
" Is this star winking at us? This particular light curve was created with Citizen Astronomy, an open-source software for differential photometry. " NASA APOD
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" Is this star winking at us? This particular light curve was created with Citizen Astronomy, an open-source software for differential photometry. " NASA APOD
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#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "Seeing an #aurora is on many people's bucket lists. But it is not easy. It requires high solar activity, dark and clear skies, and usually a viewing location at high latitude." NASA APOD
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APOD: 2026 August 27 - Colorful Aurora over Icenlandic Waterfall
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August 28, 2026 at 2:14 AM
#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "Seeing an #aurora is on many people's bucket lists. But it is not easy. It requires high solar activity, dark and clear skies, and usually a viewing location at high latitude." NASA APOD
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#SomewhereDeepInTheNight
"“What is special about this star is that it’s orbiting #SagittariusA* on a very tight orbit, taking just 8.7 years to complete it, and is approaching the #blackhole at a mere 12 times the distance of Earth to the Sun. That is unprecedented,”
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"“What is special about this star is that it’s orbiting #SagittariusA* on a very tight orbit, taking just 8.7 years to complete it, and is approaching the #blackhole at a mere 12 times the distance of Earth to the Sun. That is unprecedented,”
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Milky Way's fastest star orbits our supermassive black hole so closely it feels its spin
Astronomers have discovered the fastest known star in our galaxy, the Milky Way, orbiting the black hole at its centre. The star, named S301, was detected with the European Southern Observatory’s Very...
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#SomewhereDeepInTheNight
"“What is special about this star is that it’s orbiting #SagittariusA* on a very tight orbit, taking just 8.7 years to complete it, and is approaching the #blackhole at a mere 12 times the distance of Earth to the Sun. That is unprecedented,”
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"“What is special about this star is that it’s orbiting #SagittariusA* on a very tight orbit, taking just 8.7 years to complete it, and is approaching the #blackhole at a mere 12 times the distance of Earth to the Sun. That is unprecedented,”
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#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "Two surprising outbursts this year, however, have made it about 20,000 times brighter than usual, so that it is now visible with binoculars and long-duration camera exposures." NASA APOD
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APOD: 2026 August 24 – Comet 220P in Outburst
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August 25, 2026 at 1:35 AM
#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "Two surprising outbursts this year, however, have made it about 20,000 times brighter than usual, so that it is now visible with binoculars and long-duration camera exposures." NASA APOD
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#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "This was a good year for the #Perseids meteor shower. A key reason was the Moon was absent from lighting up Earth's night sky so that more meteors were visible than usual. Where was the Moon? It was busy visiting the Sun." NASA APOD
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APOD: 2026 August 18 – Perseids from Perseus
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August 19, 2026 at 2:48 AM
#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "This was a good year for the #Perseids meteor shower. A key reason was the Moon was absent from lighting up Earth's night sky so that more meteors were visible than usual. Where was the Moon? It was busy visiting the Sun." NASA APOD
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#SomewhereDeepInTheNight: "It looks like a view from the Little Prince's planet. The featured image is a throwback to the 2024 Perseid meteor shower, surrounded in this projection by the Bieszczady Mountains in Poland." NASA APOD
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APOD: 2026 August 12 - Perseids Over a Little Planet
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August 13, 2026 at 3:17 AM
#SomewhereDeepInTheNight: "It looks like a view from the Little Prince's planet. The featured image is a throwback to the 2024 Perseid meteor shower, surrounded in this projection by the Bieszczady Mountains in Poland." NASA APOD
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#SomewhereDeepInTheNight
"The #cometaryknots have masses similar to the Earth but have sizes typically several times the orbit of Pluto." NASA APOD
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"The #cometaryknots have masses similar to the Earth but have sizes typically several times the orbit of Pluto." NASA APOD
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APOD: 2026 August 4 – Curious Cometary Knots in the Helix Nebula
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August 5, 2026 at 3:20 AM
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"The #cometaryknots have masses similar to the Earth but have sizes typically several times the orbit of Pluto." NASA APOD
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"The #cometaryknots have masses similar to the Earth but have sizes typically several times the orbit of Pluto." NASA APOD
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#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "This montage contains 25 new images with data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory that is being released to commemorate the telescope’s 25th anniversary in space, as described in our latest press release."
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Chandra :: Photo Album :: 25 Images for Chandra's 25th Anniversary :: July 22, 2024
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July 31, 2026 at 2:41 AM
#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "This montage contains 25 new images with data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory that is being released to commemorate the telescope’s 25th anniversary in space, as described in our latest press release."
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#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "What created this huge space bubble? Blown by the wind from a star, this tantalizing, head-like apparition is cataloged as NGC 7635, but known simply as the Bubble Nebula. " NASA APOD
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APOD: 2026 July 27 – NGC 7635: The Bubble Nebula
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July 27, 2026 at 9:35 PM
#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "What created this huge space bubble? Blown by the wind from a star, this tantalizing, head-like apparition is cataloged as NGC 7635, but known simply as the Bubble Nebula. " NASA APOD
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#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "Despite being small, with a total mass approximately equivalent to 10% - 20% of the mass of the Milky Way, the LMC is very actively forming stars. "
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APOD: 2026 July 23 - The Large Magellanic Cloud
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July 23, 2026 at 10:20 PM
#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "Despite being small, with a total mass approximately equivalent to 10% - 20% of the mass of the Milky Way, the LMC is very actively forming stars. "
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#SomewhereDeepInTheNight
" The Southern Crown (Corona Australis) dazzles with young and ancient celestial jewels. The Corona Australis Cloud is a collage of reflection and emission nebulae on the left of today’s image. " NASA Astronomy Picture Of The Day
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" The Southern Crown (Corona Australis) dazzles with young and ancient celestial jewels. The Corona Australis Cloud is a collage of reflection and emission nebulae on the left of today’s image. " NASA Astronomy Picture Of The Day
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APOD: 2026 July 22 – The Corona Australis Cloud and the Chandelier Cluster
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July 23, 2026 at 3:06 AM
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" The Southern Crown (Corona Australis) dazzles with young and ancient celestial jewels. The Corona Australis Cloud is a collage of reflection and emission nebulae on the left of today’s image. " NASA Astronomy Picture Of The Day
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" The Southern Crown (Corona Australis) dazzles with young and ancient celestial jewels. The Corona Australis Cloud is a collage of reflection and emission nebulae on the left of today’s image. " NASA Astronomy Picture Of The Day
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#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "If we could see it by eye, it would appear larger than the full moon in the sky. " NASA APOD
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APOD: 2026 July 2 - Sibling Supernova Remnants
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July 2, 2026 at 8:09 PM
#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "If we could see it by eye, it would appear larger than the full moon in the sky. " NASA APOD
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#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "Why is the CigarGalaxy billowing red smoke? #M82, as this starburst galaxy is also known, was stirred up by a recent pass near large spiral galaxy M81. This doesn't fully explain the source of the red-glowing outwardly expanding gas & dust. "
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APOD: 2026 June 29 – M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic Wind
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June 29, 2026 at 8:49 PM
#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "Why is the CigarGalaxy billowing red smoke? #M82, as this starburst galaxy is also known, was stirred up by a recent pass near large spiral galaxy M81. This doesn't fully explain the source of the red-glowing outwardly expanding gas & dust. "
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#SomewhereDeepInTheNight " Is this what will become of our Sun? Quite possibly. The first hint of our Sun's future was discovered inadvertently in 1764. At that time, Charles Messier was compiling a list of diffuse objects not to be confused with comets. " NASA APOD
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APOD: 2026 June 22 – M27: The Dumbbell Nebula
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June 23, 2026 at 2:36 AM
#SomewhereDeepInTheNight " Is this what will become of our Sun? Quite possibly. The first hint of our Sun's future was discovered inadvertently in 1764. At that time, Charles Messier was compiling a list of diffuse objects not to be confused with comets. " NASA APOD
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#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "Today is (roughly) the anniversary of the morning that van Gogh saw the sky that he later painted in his version of Starry Night. " NASA APOD
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APOD: 2026 June 19 – Starry Night II
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June 19, 2026 at 8:48 PM
#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "Today is (roughly) the anniversary of the morning that van Gogh saw the sky that he later painted in his version of Starry Night. " NASA APOD
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#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "The large cloud is a star forming region called Sagittarius C, which is approximately 50 light-years in extent and about 26,000 light-years from Earth." NASA APOD
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APOD: 2026 June 18 – Possible Supernova Remnant in Galactic Center
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June 18, 2026 at 9:11 PM
#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "The large cloud is a star forming region called Sagittarius C, which is approximately 50 light-years in extent and about 26,000 light-years from Earth." NASA APOD
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