NASA’s Voyager 2 snapped this picture of a crescent Neptune on 31 August 1989 during the spacecraft’s flyby of the planet.
Voyager 2 is the only mission to have visited Uranus or Neptune, the two ice giant planets of our solar system.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. Gill
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NGC 1850 is a bright, double star cluster located about 160,000 light-years from Earth.
NGC 1850 is a bright, double star cluster located about 160,000 light-years from Earth. Delicate threads of gas (blue), created by previous supernova explosions, are interwoven amongst the stars. This image spans approximately 84 light-years from side to side.
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