Astronomy Picture of the Day . Planets Over Easter Island . ... Working in Space . ... The machine, in this potentially touching story, is the Hubble Space Telescope, which is not in the picture. ... The new star faded from view over a period of months and is believed to have been a supernova, one of the last stellar explosions seen in our Milky Way galaxy. Phases of Venus . ... Brain Crater on Mars . ... Comet NEAT (Q4) Over Indian Cove . ... NGC 3372: The Great Nebula in Carina . ...