Gallery: WIRED Space Photo of the Day for February 2014
<a href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/asteroid/20140225/asteroid2006DP14-full.jpg">NASA/JPL-Caltech/GSSR </a>01asteroid2006DP14-full (1)
Feb. 28, 2014: Pixelated Asteroid
<a href="http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA11697.jpg">NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute</a>02flyingover
Feb. 27, 2014: Flying Over Enceladus
<a href="http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA17847.jpg">NASA/JPL-Caltech/Carnegie Institution for Science</a>03snm82spitzer
Feb. 26, 2014: Spitzer's View of M82
<a href="http://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/screen/eso1406a.jpg">ESO</a>04The star cluster Messier 7
Feb. 25, 2014: Scorpion Tail Cluster
<a href="http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2014/02/proba-2_view_of_post-eruptive_loops_on_sun/14286212-1-eng-GB/Proba-2_view_of_post-eruptive_loops_on_Sun.jpg">ESA/ROB</a>05sunfilaments
Feb. 24, 2014: Sun Burst Aftermath
<a href="http://skycenter.arizona.edu/gallery/Galaxies/NGC2276">Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona</a>06northerngalaxies
Feb. 23, 2014: Northern Galaxy Duo
<a href="http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA17944.jpg">NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS</a>07drivingonmars
Feb. 22, 2014: Look Back Tracks
<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/pia17843bowshock_0_0.jpg">NASA/JPL-Caltech</a>08speedystar
Feb. 21, 2014: Speedy Star
<a href="http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA17149.jpg">NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute</a>09dionewisps
Feb. 20, 2014: Dione In Detail
<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/pia17838_-harrison1_0.jpg">NASA/JPL-Caltech/CXC/SAO</a>10radioactiveremnant
Feb. 19, 2014: Radioactive Remnant
<a href="http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2014/igrj11014/igrj11014_lg.jpg">X-ray: NASA/CXC/ISDC/L.Pavan et al, Radio: CSIRO/ATNF/ATCA Optical: 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF</a>11A pulsar moving at supersonic speeds about 23,000 light years from Earth.
Feb. 18, 2014: Pulsar Jet
<a href="http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2009/06/the_flood_after_the_impact/9236907-5-eng-GB/The_flood_after_the_impact.jpg">ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)</a>12DB-TIFF
Feb. 17, 2014: Ancient Impact and Flood
<a href="http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/e0102/e0102_lg.jpg">X-ray (NASA/CXC/MIT/D.Dewey et al. & NASA/CXC/SAO/J.DePasquale); Optical (NASA/STScI)</a>13Officially known as 1E0102.2-7219, a supernova remnant in the Small Magellanic Cloud.
Feb. 16, 2014: Dead Star Debris
NASA / JPL-Caltech / J. Hinz (Univ. of Arizona)14324650main-spitzerA-20090403
Feb. 15, 2014: Local Galaxy
<a href="http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_images/WISE2010-018-lg.jpg">NASA/JPL-Caltech/WISE Team</a>15The Heart and Soul nebulae are seen in this infrared mosaic from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. The image covers an area of the sky over ten times as wide as the full moon, and eight times as high (5.5 x 3.9 degrees), in the const
Feb. 14, 2014: Heart and Soul Nebulas
<a href="http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2014/02/gaia_calibration_image/14263603-2-eng-GB/Gaia_calibration_image.jpg">ESA/DPAC/Airbus DS</a>16Gaia-calibration-image
Feb. 13, 2014: Star Cluster Jewel
<a href="http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/images/hs-2014-17-a-print.jpg">NASA, ESA, and J. Lotz, M. Mountain, A. Koekemoer, and the HFF Team (STScI), and N. Laporte (Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias</a>17hs-2014-17-a-print
Feb. 12, 2014: Young Galaxy
<a href="http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/images/d4/cg4.jpg">T.A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, T. Abbott and NOAO/AURA/NSF</a>18cg4
Feb. 11, 2014: Globule Goes Chomp
<a href="http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/pics/EN1028560063_69M.mosaic.web.jpg">NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington</a>19messenger200000
Feb. 10, 2014: Messenger's 200,000th
<a href="http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2014/cena/cena_lg.jpg">X-ray: NASA/CXC/U.Birmingham/M.Burke et al.</a>20This galaxy contains a gargantuan jet blasting away from a central supermassive black hole.
Feb. 9, 2014: Black Hole Jet
<a href="http://static.uahirise.org/images/wallpaper/2880/ESP_034234_1255.jpg">NASA/JPL/University of Arizona</a>21hirisedunes
Feb. 8, 2014: Frosty Dunes on Mars
<a href="http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/screen/potw1405a.jpg">NASA & ESA. Acknowledgements: Kevin Luhman (Pennsylvania State University), and Judy Schmidt</a>22A nursery for unruly young stars
Feb. 7, 2014: Chameleon Cloud
<a href="https://public.nrao.edu/images/non-gallery/2014/d-finley/02-03/M82zoom-NRAO.tif">Josh Marvil (NM Tech/NRAO), Bill Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF), NASA</a>23M82zoom-NRAO
Feb. 6, 2014: Starburst in M82
<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/flare_feb-4_304_copy_0.png">NASA/SDO</a>24midlevelflare
Feb. 5, 2014: Solar Flare Beauty
<a href="http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/luna9_close.jpg">USSR</a>25luna9-close
Feb. 4, 2014: First Lunar Surface Pic
<a href="http://www.ciclops.org/view_media/39007/Round-and-Round">NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute</a>26saturnfromaboverings
Feb. 3, 2014: Saturn From Above
<a href="http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA17834.jpg">NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA</a>27trifidneb
Feb. 2, 2014: Storm of Stars
<a href="http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA17766.jpg">NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS</a>28dingogap
Feb. 1, 2014: Dingo Gap
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