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From a stunning image of our marbled earth to city lights from space, it's been a remarkable week for space photography.

NASA's Juno probe is the first solar-powered spacecraft to the outer solar system.

The close pass of the asteroid Eros this week allows astronomy buffs to measure the size of the solar system.

See photos of the asteroid Eros taken by NASA's NEAR space probe in 2000, and other observers.

Scientists will study diet & nutrition for "astronauts" who spend four months in a mock space capsule.

Not since 1978 have so many people wanted to be a NASA astronaut.

The 21-mile long 'God of Love' space rock made its closest approach to Earth (15 million miles away) since 1975 on January 31st, 2012. NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous - Shoemaker (NEAR) mission landed on the asteroid on February 12, 2001.

NASA's Suomi NPP satellite is snapping amazing views of Earth from space, but there's a secret to the photos.

Powered test flights should occur this summer.

Iran launched the satellite "Promise of Science and Industry" satellite using its own Safir 1-B rocket.

This ice plain is breaking up and a new iceberg will be born.

Shannon Lucid is a veteran of five spaceflights, logging more than 223 days in space.

The makers of Starmap are offering users free customizable star maps and other educational tools.

A galaxy similar to our own Milky Way is the subject of Hubble's latest portrait.

The space telescope captured an amazing view of spiral galaxy NGC 1073 and three quasars that are right outside its galactic neighborhood. Located in the constellation of Cetus, the galaxy has a bar structure in the center similar to the Milky Way.

The first test launch of SpaceX's Dragon space capsule to the International Space Station will be no earlier than March 20.

The next space station crew will now launch 45 days later than planned due to Russian space capsule damage.

The workhorse Soyuz spacecraft have been flying for nearly 45 years.

What was once a bicycle manufacturer in in the late-19th century evolved into a plane and rocket producer by the mid-20th century. Still a mainstay today, the Soyuz rocket has launched hundreds of humans and satellites since its first flight.

A squad car from the Little River-Academy Police Department in Texas captured a fireball lighting up the night sky on its dashboard camera on February 1, 2012.