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A picture of the Milky Way, featuring a multitude of stars.
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Starry skies

Large and Small Magellanic Clouds and two dwarf galaxies, as seen from a spacecraft.
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Irregular dwarf galaxies seen from the International Space Station

Jenni stands in front of a computer screen with a man to her right.
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CSA astronaut Jenni Gibbons learns about the SPIDERS deformable mirror system

Jenni pauses in front of the Plaskett Telescope.
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CSA astronaut Jenni Gibbons visits the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory

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Check out the latest version of Mission: Astronaut!

A pair of stars and a semi-transparent cloud
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Herbig-Haro 46/47 — NIRCam

Infrared image of a colourful nebula with bright patches and filaments.
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NGC 346 — MIRI

Close-up view of Herbig-Haro 211. Several stars shine brightly in the background.
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Herbig-Haro 211 – NIRCam

A black field speckled with a variety of galaxies of numerous shapes and sizes.
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ASPIRE — Filament of 10 galaxies captured by NIRCam

Arp 220 shines brightly at the centre of the image. Other galaxies can be seen on the black background.
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Arp 220 – NIRCam and MIRI

An artistic representation depicting the exoplanet WASP-18 b, a smooth-surfaced gas giant with warm orange hues.
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WASP-18 b

Close-up of the Sparkler Galaxy that shows the globular clusters and other stellar groups around it.
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Sparkler Galaxy

Artist's illustration of an orange exoplanet in space.
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Artist's illustration of exoplanet WASP-96 b

The Crab Nebula seen by James Webb Space Telescope's NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) and MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument)
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Crab Nebula – NIRCam and MIRI

Colourful image of part the Orion nebula, with numerous stars shining brightly through the dust and gas.
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Orion Bar – NIRCam

Illustration of an exoplanet and its red dwarf star on a black background.
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Rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b – Illustration based on MIRI data

Colourful image of a supernova remnant, as seen in a diamond shape on a black background.
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Cassiopeia A – MIRI

NGC 1433 is a barred spiral galaxy. At its centre is a bright core featuring a unique double ring structure.
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NGC 1433 – MIRI

At the centre of NGC 7496, a barred spiral galaxy, is a supermassive black hole.
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NGC 7496 – MIRI

Webb and Hubble composite image of a galaxy with bright white core and blue spiral arms.
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NGC 5584 – Webb NIRCam and Hubble WFC3

Artist's view of two exoplanets.
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Exoplanet K2-18 b – NIRISS

A planetary nebula seen in bright colours.
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Ring Nebula – MIRI

A planetary nebula seen in vivid colours.
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Ring Nebula – NIRCam

Detailed image of a supernova, featuring a keyhole shape, a bright ring, and two faint outer rings.
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Supernova 1987A – NIRCam

Image of a massive galaxy cluster.
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Sunrise Arc – NIRCam

Map showing the path of totality of the solar eclipse.
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Path of totality of the solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 – infographic

Information on the total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024.
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Total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 – infographic

Joshua Kutryk
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Look up at the sky: it's World Space Week!

Jets bursting from young stars illuminating the surrounding interstellar gas in a cosmic nursery.
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Rho Ophiuchi – NIRCam

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Prelude to supernova – Wolf-Rayet 124 – NIRCam

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Uranus – NIRCam

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Pandora's Cluster – NIRCam

A series of Earth facts
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Earth in numbers – infographic

A series of facts that highlight some of the differences between Uranus and Earth
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Uranus in numbers – Infographic

A series of facts that highlight some of the differences between Neptune and Earth.
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Neptune in numbers – Infographic

Video duration: 1:27

Mission: Astronaut – A fun learning game to play at home or in class

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