Gallery: WIRED Space Photo of the Day for April 2014

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    Photos by NASA/STScI; S. Allam, L. Moustakas, K. Stewart
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    Apr. 30, 2014: Galactic Distortion
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    Photos by ESA and the SPIRE consortium
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    Apr. 29, 2014: Cold Gas in the Milky Way
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    Photos by NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
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    Apr. 28, 2014: Windjana on Mars
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    Photos by X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: Detlef Hartmann; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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    A new collaboration combines data from amateur astronomers with data from NASA mission archives.

    Apr. 27, 2014: Galaxies, Now More Beautiful Than Ever
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    Photos by NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
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    Apr. 26, 2014: Gullies at Mars' Equator
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    Photos by ESA/Hubble & NASA
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    Cosmic fairy lights

    Apr. 25, 2014: Stellar Fairy Lights
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    Photos by NASA/ESA, R. Soummer, Ann Feild (STScI)
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    Apr. 24, 2014: Hubble Spots Dusty Disks
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    Photos by NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
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    Apr. 23, 2014: Titan in the Foreground
  • Apr. 22 2014 XRay of the Cosmos
    Photos by ESA/XMM-Newton/Gunther Hasinger, Nico Cappelluti, and the XMM-COSMOS collaboration
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    Apr. 22, 2014: X-Ray of the Cosmos
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    Photos by Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona
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    Apr. 21, 2014: Total Lunar Eclipse
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    Photos by NASA, ESA
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    An image of a galaxy cluster taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope gives a remarkable cross-section of the Universe, showing objects at different distances and stages in cosmic history. They range from cosmic near neighbours to objects seen in the

    Apr. 20, 2014: Cross Section of the Universe
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    Photos by ESO
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    The star formation region Gum 41

    Apr. 19, 2014: Rosy Nebula Glow
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    Photos by NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
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    Apr. 18, 2014: Bright Mercury Crater
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    Photos by ESO
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    The planetary nebula Abell 33 captured using ESO's Very Large Te

    Apr. 17, 2014: Cosmic Bling
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