Jun 1, 2014 8:13 PM

Gallery: WIRED Space Photo of the Day for June 2014

Photos by NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
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June 30, 2014: Mimas and Rings
NASA/CXC/SAO
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Perseus galaxy cluster.

Photos by NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
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June 28, 2014: Curiosity Selfie at Windjana
Photos by ESO/B. Tafreshi
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The Milky Way glitters brightly over ALMA
June 27, 2014: Glittering Milky Way

Photos by ESA/Hubble & NASA
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Violent birth announcement from an infant star
June 26, 2014: Young Stellar Jets
Photos by NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
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June 25, 2014: Mercury Minerals

Photos by NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
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June 24, 2014: Hello, Goodbye Phoebe
ESA/Hubble & NASA Acknowledgemen
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A curious supernova in NGC 2441
June 23, 2014: Strange Supernova

Photos by T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage)
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June 22, 2014: The Lagoon Nebula
Photos by NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory
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June 21, 2014: Enormous Blast from the Sun

Photos by X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/J.Drake et al, Optical: Univ. of Hertfordshire/INT/IPHAS, Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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The Cygnus OB2 star cluster is about 5,000 light years from Earth and contains many massive young stars.
June 20, 2014: Probing a Stellar Cradle
Photos by ESA/Hubble & NASA
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A dwarf galaxy ravaged by grand design
June 19, 2014: Ravaged Dwarf Galaxy

Photos by Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona
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June 18, 2014: Future Fate of Our Galaxy?
Photos by NASA/JPL-Caltech/2MASS
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Within the swaddling dust of the Serpens Cloud Core, astronomers are studying one of the youngest collections of stars ever seen in our galaxy. This infrared image combines data from NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope with shorter-wavelength observations from
June 17, 2014: Young Hatchling Stars

Photos by NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
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June 16, 2014: New Meteors in the Dust
Photos by Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona
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June 15, 2014: Soaring Eagle Nebula

Photos by ESA/Hubble & NASA Acknowledgement: R. Buta (University of Alabama)
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Golden rings of star formation
June 14, 2014: Golden Ring of Stars
Photos by ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Whitman College
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The Herschel Space Observatory has uncovered a weird ring of dusty material while obtaining one of the sharpest scans to date of a huge cloud of gas and dust, called NGC 7538. The gigantic ring structure is situated at the center-top of this image. The od
June 13, 2014: Weird Dusty Ring

Photos by NASA/JPL-Caltech/Arecibo Observatory/USRA/NSF
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June 12, 2014: Asteroid in Radar
Photos by Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona
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June 11, 2014: Beautiful Galaxies

Photos by NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory
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June 10, 2014: Tight Solar Loops
Photos by NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
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June 9, 2014: Ring Wrecker

Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Goddard
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June 8, 2014: Dead-Star Detonation
Photo: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgement: Flickr user Det58
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June 7, 2014: Seyfert-Class Galaxy

Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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June 6, 2014: Curiosity Rover's Vista
Photo: ESA / XMM-Newton / F. Gastaldello (INAF/IASF) / CFHTLS
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June 5, 2014: Dark Matter in the Bullet Group

Photo: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
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June 4, 2014: Martian Dunes
Photo: NASA/ESA
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June 3, 2014: Hubble's Colorful Universe

Photo: ESA/XMM-Newton/ L. Oskinova/M. Guerrero; CTIO/R. Gruendl/Y.H. Chu
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June 2, 2014: Pulsar Encased in Supernova Bubble
Photo: Copyright Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona
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June 1, 2014: Deep Space Vista

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