Jul 1, 2014 5:16 PM

Gallery: WIRED Space Photo of the Day for July 2014

NASA, ESA, K.-V. Tran (Texas A&M University), and K. Wong (Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy & Astrophysics)
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July 31, 2014: The Farthest Galaxy
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
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Wide-field view of part of the Taurus star formation region
July 30, 2014: Dark Dust

NASA/SDO
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July 29, 2014: Moon and Sun
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
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July 28, 2014: Tethys in Sunlight

ESO. Acknowledgement: VPHAS+ Consortium/Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
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The Carina Nebula imaged by the VLT Survey Telescope
July 27, 2014: Spectacular Star-Forming Region
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Cornell/Ohio State University
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July 26, 2014: Victoria Crater on Mars

NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
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July 25, 2014: Crescent Saturn
ESA/Hubble & NASA Acknowledgement: Nick Rose
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July 24, 2014: Thin Slice of Galaxy

NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
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July 23, 2014: Frozen Wastelands on Iapetus
NASA/CXC/SAO
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NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory Celebrates 15th Anniversary
July 22, 2014: Tycho in X-rays

Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona
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July 21, 2014: A Detailed Look at M29
NASA
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July 20, 2014: Earth From Apollo 11

T.A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, H. Schweiker/WIYN and NOAO/AURA/NSF
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July 19, 2014: Fiery Planetary Nebula
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona
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July 18, 2014: Cliffs of Mars

ESA/Rosetta/MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA
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July 17, 2014: Comet Takes Shape
Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona
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July 16, 2014: 100,000 Suns

NASA/CXC/JPL-Caltech/PSU/CfA
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This composite image, combining data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Spitzer Space Telescope shows the star-forming cloud Cepheus B, located in our Milky Way galaxy about 2,400 light years from Earth.
July 15, 2014: Star Formation Triggers
ESA/Hubble & NASA Acknowledgements: D. Calzetti (UMass) and the LEGUS Team
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A galaxy with a glowing heart
July 14, 2014: Glowing Heart Galaxy

Alzate/SDO
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July 13, 2014: Solar Jets in Three Colors
ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
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July 12, 2014: Enormous Martian Craters

NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute
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July 11, 2014: Red Bands on Europa
NASA, ESA/Hubble and Grant Tremblay (European Southern Observatory)
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Droplets of star formation and two merging galaxies in SDSS J153
July 10, 2014: Merging Galaxies

NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
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July 9, 2014: Rings and Hexagon
NASA/ESA and the Hubble Space Telescope archive.
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July 8, 2014: Lighting Up a Galaxy

Photos by NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
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July 7, 2014: Feathery Mars Dunes
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
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A wide-field view of the Gum 15 star formation region
July 6, 2014: View of Star Birth and Death

Photos by NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
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July 5, 2014: Vesta's Colorful Crater
Photos by X-ray: NASA/CXC/Caltech/P.Ogle et al; Optical: NASA/STScI; IR: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Radio: NSF/NRAO/VLA
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July 4, 2014: Galactic Fireworks

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July 3, 2014: Rosetta Spies a Comet
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July 2, 2014: Orion Rising

Photos by SSRO/PROMPT and NOAO/AURA/NSF
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July 1, 2014: Heart-Shaped Bubbles

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