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Sorry, as a long retired military veteran I take exception to the labeling the missile as a "Trident II D5 nuclear missile" for two reasons: A. the caption stated it was "unarmed" indicating that none of the potentially 14 thermonuclear MIRVs were on board and B. it's a 3 stage s...

Just a technical observation, it appears that since Otto posted the page so early (Tue Jul 07, 2015 8:07 pm) that July 7, 2015 became the default date for http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150708.html. Giving July two days with the same date. A Cosmologist might need to research this. 8D <;))',><

I picked S106 for the drama of the photo and the apparent depth of the ejecta. The text was not the best as I enjoy knowing the image sources and techniques of present these magical images. I choose YU55 because of importance of such objects the life on earth and the descriptive text. The text very ...

My two picks were: VAR!; for its historical value and as a reminder to us here in the digital/electronic age that most of our knowledge and great discoveries were made with ground-based, optical instruments, eyeballs and the processing power of the human brain; and Stardust and Betelgeuse; for the d...

Might want to double check the date. Here on the Left Coast (as of 2345 hrs) it reads 2011 June 28. ( http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html)