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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                  2026 February 9   
       An unusual gray body looks like a more jaggged version of the Earth's   
      moon, but close up. Craters and stripes run across much of the surface.   
             Please see the explanation for more detailed information.   
      
                                 Miranda Revisited   
         Image Credit: NASA, JPL, Voyager 2; Processing & License: Flickr:   
      zelario12; Text: Keighley Rockcliffe (NASA GSFC, UMBC CSST, CRESST II)   
      
      Explanation: What is Miranda really like? Visually, old images from   
      NASA's Voyager 2 have been recently combined and remastered to result   
      in the featured image of Uranus's 500-kilometer-wide moon. In the late   
      1980s, Voyager 2 flew by Uranus, coming close to the cratered,   
      fractured, and unusually grooved moon -- named after a character from   
      ShakespeareCÇÖs The Tempest. Scientifically, planetary scientists are   
      using old data and clear images to theorize anew about what shaped   
      Miranda's severe surface features. A leading hypothesis is that   
      Miranda, beneath its icy surface, may have once hosted an expansive   
      liquid water ocean which may be slowly freezing. Thanks to the legacy   
      of Voyager 2, Miranda has joined the ranks of Europa, Titan, and other   
      icy moons in the search for water, and, possibly, microbial life, in   
      our Solar System.   
      
                     Jigsaw Moon: Astronomy Puzzle of the Day   
                         Tomorrow's picture: swirling sky   
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