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                        Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                                 2020 June 2
    [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest
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                     Novel Coronavirus Attacks Humanity
                     Image Credit & [3]License: [4]NIAID

   Explanation: Humanity is under attack. The attack is not from large
   [5]tentacle-flailing aliens, but from invaders so small they can barely
   be seen, and so strange they are [6]not even clearly alive. All over
   [7]planet Earth, the human home world, [8]DNA-based humans are being
   invaded by the [9]RNA-based [10]SARS-CoV2. The virus, which creates a
   disease known as [11]COVID-19, specializes in reprogramming human cells
   into [12]zombies that manufacture and release copies of itself.
   [13]Pictured here is a high magnification image of a human cell covered
   by attacking novel coronavirus SARS-CoV2 (orange). [14]Epic battles
   where two species square off in a fight to the death are not unusual on
   Earth, with several just involving [15]humans typically [16]ongoing at
   any time. Even so, most humans are predicted to survive. After several
   years, [17]humanity expects to win this war -- but only after millions
   of humans have died and trillions of corona[18]viruses have been
   destroyed.

    Wash your hands: [19]Tips for humans on how to survive this SARS-CoV2
                                   assault
                      Tomorrow's picture: venus nearest
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    Authors & editors: [31]Robert Nemiroff ([32]MTU) & [33]Jerry Bonnell
                                 ([34]UMCP)
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References

   1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2006/SarsCov2_Niaid_4096.jpg
   3. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
   4. https://www.niaid.nih.gov/
   5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrials_in_fiction#/media/File:War-of-the-worlds-tripod.jpg
   6. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-viruses-alive-2004/
   7. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/earth/overview/
   8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120821.html
   9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_world
  10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_acute_respiratory_syndrome_coronavirus_2
  11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus_disease_2019
  12. http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170313-real-life-zombies-that-are-stranger-than-fiction
  13. https://www.flickr.com/photos/niaid/49727106208/in/album-72157712914621487/
  14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170424.html
  15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190818.html
  16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics
  17. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41423-020-0407-x
  18. https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/viruswars/viruses.php
  19. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/prevention.html
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  24. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search
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  26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss
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  29. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=200602
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  31. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
  32. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/
  33. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html
  34. http://www.astro.umd.edu/
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  36. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html
  37. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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