Gallery: Need Some Love? Head to the Heart and Soul Nebulas

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    <a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap161116.html">David Lindemann</a>
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    These bright emission nebulas, located in Cassiopeia, are named Heart and Soul.
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    In this photo of Saturn's north polar region, taken from the sunlit side of its rings,, the latitudinal bands each contain clouds moving at different heights and speeds.
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    Water likely once flowed through this ancient layered bedrock on Mars.
  • This valley discovered on Mercury suggests that the planet is shrinking.
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    This valley discovered on Mercury suggests that the planet is shrinking.
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    Northeast of where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers enter the Persian Gulf, orchards trace the route of an inland river delta through the town of Shadegan, Iran.
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    This image shows two craters on Ceres: Takel, on the left, and Cozobi, just below center.
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