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Saturn's Glorious Rings Dazzle in NASA Photo

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

A spectacular photo by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn’s southern reaches, with the planet’s iconic rings tilted at a dramatic angle. [Full Story]

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Mercury's Surface Resembles Rare Meteorites

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

Mercury has a surface unlike any other in the solar system, resembling a rare type of meteorite, researchers say. [Full Story]

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Photographer Captures Rocket Launch as Amazing Arc of Light

Credit: Mike Killian/www.MikeKillianPhotography.com

Astrophotographer Mike Killian took this stunning photo from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida Aug. 24, 2012. [Full Story]

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Amazing 3D Moon Photos Created from NASA Lunar Orbiter Imagery

Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University

Scientists have found a way to transform photos from a powerful NASA spacecraft orbiting the moon into amazing 3D lunar views. [Full Story]

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Hubble Telescope Reveals Farthest View Into Universe Ever

Credit: NASA, ESA, G. Illingworth, D. Magee, and P. Oesch (University of California, Santa Cruz), R. Bouwens (Leiden University), and the HUDF09 Team

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the farthest-ever view of the universe, a photo that reveals thousands of galaxies billions of light-years away. [Full Story]

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Stunning Nebula Photo Shows Head of 'Cosmic Seagull'

Credit: ESO

The European Southern Observatory’s La Silla observatory has captured an amazing view of part of the Seagull Nebula which is 3,700 light-years from Earth. [Full Story]

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Best Photo of Pluto from Earth Snapped by Hawaii Telescope

Credit: Gemini Observatory/NSF/NASA/AURA

A ground-based telescope has snapped the sharpest image yet of Pluto and its moon Charon taken in visible light from Earth. [Full Story]

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Brightest Star Explosion in History Reveals Lonely Supernova

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Rutgers/G.Cassam-Chenaï, J.Hughes et al.; Radio: NRAO/AUI/NSF/GBT/VLA/Dyer, Maddalena & Cornwell; Optical: Middlebury College/F.Winkler, NOAO/AURA/NSF/CTIO Schmidt & DSS

The quick, violent death of a white dwarf is now revealing these kinds of stars can give off powerful explosions by themselves, researchers say. [Full Story]

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Mars Rover Curiosity Photo Reveals Crescent Moon Phobos

Credit: NASA/JPL

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has been doing more than just driving around the Red Planet and taking pictures of rocks. It's been doing a bit of Martian moon-gazing too. The rover captured the planet's largest Martian moon, Phobos, as a faint crescent moon. [Full Story]

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Mars Water Mystery: NASA Rover's Ancient Streambed Discovery Is the Latest Clue

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

The Curiosity rover’s discovery of an ancient streambed on Mars is exciting, but it’s not the first solid evidence that the Red Planet was once a warmer and wetter place. [Full Story]

Best Space Pictures of the Week - Sept. 29, 2012