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Milky Way
The galaxy that contains our Solar System, characterized by its barred spiral structure with multiple spiral arms extending from a central bar.
Source: esa.int
APODs including "Milky Way"
Dueling Bands over the Atacama Desert
06/07/2026
Three Galaxies in Pavo
03/07/2026
The Cotton Candy Clouds of Rho Ophiuchi
01/07/2026
Milky Way Urban Style
26/06/2026
The Hydra Cluster of Galaxies
05/06/2026
Andromeda Through Gas and Dust
03/06/2026
Messier 104
29/05/2026
NGC 3660 and Burçin's Galaxy
26/05/2026
Messier 2
23/05/2026
NGC 188: Old Cluster in the New General Catalog
13/05/2026
Supernova in a Sideways Spiral
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07/05/2026
Three Sky Arches over Snowy Alps
21/04/2026
Eye on the Milky Way
19/04/2026
Caught in the Web: Visualization of a Black Hole Merger in the Tarantula Nebula
03/04/2026
Hickson 44 in Leo
27/03/2026
The Guardians of Rapa Nui beneath the Milky Way
25/03/2026
Galaxies in the River: NGC 1300 and NGC 1297
21/03/2026
Equinox at the Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent
15/03/2026
Sky Glows over Paranal Observatory
10/03/2026
B93: A Dark Interstellar Ghost
20/02/2026
Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A
06/02/2026
NGC 55: A Galaxy of Nebulas
26/01/2026
Planetary Nebula Abell 7
23/01/2026
LDN 1622: Dark Nebula in Orion
22/01/2026
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb
21/01/2026
IC 342: Hidden Galaxy in Camelopardalis
08/01/2026
NGC 1898: Globular Cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud
28/12/2025
Unicorn, Fox Fur and Christmas Tree
25/12/2025
Andromeda and Sprites over Australia
16/12/2025
Galaxies in the River
11/12/2025