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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
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                                   2025 March 8   
      
                                 Galaxies in Space   
            Image Credit & License: NASA, ISS Expedition 72, Don Petit   
      
      Explanation: The plane of our Milky Way galaxy extends beyond the limb   
      of planet Earth in this space age exposure captured by astronaut Don   
      Pettit. His camera, with low light and long duration settings, was   
      pointed out the window of a Dragon crew spacecraft docked with the   
      International Space Station on January 29. The orbital outpost was at   
      an altitude of about 400 kilometers above the Pacific Ocean at the   
      time. Motion blurs the Earth below, while the gorgeous view from low   
      Earth orbit includes the Milky Way's prominent satellite galaxies,   
      known as the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, near the upper left in   
      the frame. Fans of southern skies can also spot the Southern Cross. The   
      four brightest stars of the famous southern constellation Crux are near   
      picture center, just beyond the edge of the bright horizon and shining   
      through Earth's orange tinted atmospheric glow.   
      
                      Tomorrow's picture: Cyclones on Jupiter   
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