Gallery: WIRED Space Photo of the Day for June 2014
Photos by NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute01Saturn-s-shadows
June 30, 2014: Mimas and Rings
NASA/CXC/SAO02perseus-1680
Perseus galaxy cluster.
Photos by NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS03pia18390-full
June 28, 2014: Curiosity Selfie at Windjana
Photos by ESO/B. Tafreshi04The Milky Way glitters brightly over ALMA
June 27, 2014: Glittering Milky Way
Photos by ESA/Hubble & NASA05Violent birth announcement from an infant star
June 26, 2014: Young Stellar Jets
Photos by NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington06Image-062314
June 25, 2014: Mercury Minerals
Photos by NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute07PIA18411
June 24, 2014: Hello, Goodbye Phoebe
ESA/Hubble & NASA Acknowledgemen08A curious supernova in NGC 2441
June 23, 2014: Strange Supernova
Photos by T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage)09omgsopretty
June 22, 2014: The Lagoon Nebula
Photos by NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory10quickburst
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-Caltech11The 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 & NASA12A dwarf galaxy ravaged by grand design
June 19, 2014: Ravaged Dwarf Galaxy
Photos by Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona13n6286s
June 18, 2014: Future Fate of Our Galaxy?
Photos by NASA/JPL-Caltech/2MASS14Within 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 Arizona15ESP-034259-2040
June 16, 2014: New Meteors in the Dust
Photos by Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona16m16-32s
June 15, 2014: Soaring Eagle Nebula
Photos by ESA/Hubble & NASA Acknowledgement: R. Buta (University of Alabama)17Golden rings of star formation
June 14, 2014: Golden Ring of Stars
Photos by ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Whitman College18The 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/NSF19asteroidradar
June 12, 2014: Asteroid in Radar
Photos by Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona20beautifulgalaxies
June 11, 2014: Beautiful Galaxies
Photos by NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory21Tightloops-171-red
June 10, 2014: Tight Solar Loops
Photos by NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute22saturnrings
June 9, 2014: Ring Wrecker
Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Goddard23PIA18009-ip
June 8, 2014: Dead-Star Detonation
Photo: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgement: Flickr user Det5824potw1422a
June 7, 2014: Seyfert-Class Galaxy
Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech25NRB-455291666EDR-F0340416NCAM00250M-
June 6, 2014: Curiosity Rover's Vista
Photo: ESA / XMM-Newton / F. Gastaldello (INAF/IASF) / CFHTLS26XMM-Bullet-Group
June 5, 2014: Dark Matter in the Bullet Group
Photo: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona27ESP-034909-1755
June 4, 2014: Martian Dunes
Photo: NASA/ESA28hs-2014-27-a-large-web
June 3, 2014: Hubble's Colorful Universe
Photo: ESA/XMM-Newton/ L. Oskinova/M. Guerrero; CTIO/R. Gruendl/Y.H. Chu29Pulsar-encased-in-supernova-bubble
June 2, 2014: Pulsar Encased in Supernova Bubble
Photo: Copyright Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona30n6085-1400
June 1, 2014: Deep Space Vista
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