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Space Station Astronaut Captures Stunning Milky Way View
NASA astronaut Chris Williams photographed the Milky Way rising above Earth’s atmospheric glow from aboard a SpaceX Dragon docked to the International Space Station on April 13, 2026. This phenomenon, known as airglow, occurs due to excited atoms and molecules in the upper atmosphere.
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NASA astronaut Chris Williams captured the Milky Way rising above Earth’s atmospheric glow on April 13, 2026, while aboard a SpaceX Dragon docked to the International Space Station. This atmospheric glow is also called airglow. It occurs when atoms and molecules in the upper atmosphere, excite
2026-05-08 15:21 UTC