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The Grand Finale
Published:
August 31, 2018
Cassini's final moments.
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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, is photographed during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity on the lunar surface.
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Comparing Jupiter’s moons Io and Europa with Saturn’s moons Enceladus and Titan.
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The Apollo 11 landing site as seen by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft.
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July 1994: For the first time in history, human beings watch a major impact between a comet and a planet.
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Fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 approaching Jupiter in 1994.
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Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 fragments left Jupiter with a "bruised" appearance in July 1994.
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This expanding dark spot on Jupiter appears to be the aftermath of a collision with a comet or asteroid.
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An ultraviolet view reveals comet Shoemaker-Levy 9's multiple impacts on Jupiter.
Multiple Comet Impacts on Jupiter (1994)
Four images of Jupiter show the luminous night-side impact of fragment W of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 in 1994.
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The Aristarchus crater (about 25 miles or 40 kilometers in diameter) and plateau is one of the most geologically complex areas on the Moon. In this amazing picture, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbi...
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The nearly full Moon rises over the Wasatch Mountains near Salt Lake City.
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The near side of Earth's Moon.
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The far side of Earth's Moon.
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A raw image from NASA's Cassini mission showing Saturn's small moon Paaliaq.
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A raw image from Cassini of Saturn's small moon Ymir.
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