The new shot heard ’round the world: New York firefighters celebrate the end of Osama bin Laden in Times Square on Sunday night, May 1, in this New York Times photo by Michael Appleton.

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To infinity, and beyond: From Lisa Grossman at wired.com: This stunning 360 degree panorama of the night sky was stitched together from 37,000 images by a first-time astrophotographer. Nick Risinger, a 28-year-old native of Seattle, trekked more than 60,000 miles around the western United States and South Africa to create the largest-ever true-color image of the stellar sphere. The final result is an interactive, zoomable sky map showing the full Milky Way and the stars, planets, galaxies and nebulae around it. Read more at wired.com/wiredscience.
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