NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

In today's image, we see Mimas, one of the moons of Saturn. The large crater, named Herschel likely came close to destroying the moon during its impact.

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In today's image, we see a panoramic view of the sky, showing 6 of the planets visible. The only planet not in the image would be Mercury. These planets will be visible in the sky over much of the co…

In today's image, we see a region in the constellation of Taurus where young stars are in the process of formation. The dark nebulae contain protostars. In the area, we also see young T Tauri stars -…

In today's image, we see Arp 273, a pair of peculiar galaxies. These galaxies are being distorted by the gravitational interaction with one another, giving them their unusual appearance.

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In today's image, we see two supernova remnants. The two remnants pictured are about the same size, but only appear different because they are at different distances. The are are also about the same …

In today's image, we see an image of the sky showing an aurora to the left and a SAR (Stable Auroral Red) arc to the right.

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In today's image, we see two spiral galaxies in the process of colliding. The image shows data from both the Hubble Space Telescope (visible light) and the James Webb Space Telescope (infrared light)…

In today's image, we see a video showing the launch of a rocket in 2018. The clip shows the rocket from above as recorded by astronauts on the International Space Station.

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In today's image, we see an image of the sun. Today is the day of perihelion. This is the day when Earth is closest to the sun in its elliptical orbit.

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In today's image, we see a set of two eclipses from this past year. We see a partial lunar eclipse to the left, and an annular solar eclipse to the right.

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In today's image, we see an analemma of the Sun from images taken in 2024. The figure-8 pattern is due to a combination of the tilt of Earth's axis and the ellipticity of Earth's orbit which cause th…

In today's image, we see Alpha Centauri, the triple star system containing the closest star to Earth, known as Proxima Centauri.

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In today's image, we see the disk galaxy known as NGC 4753. This is a twisted disk galaxy, likely due to the interaction with another galaxy.

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In today's image, we see an example of a planetary nebula known as the dumbbell nebula, this is what our Sun will one day become in the distant future.

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In today's image, we see Lake Baikal in Russia with bubble of methane frozen in the very clear ice of the lake.

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In today's image, we see the night sky in December, including the constellations of Orion and Taurus. The long exposure brining out details on the red hydrogen gas in the region.

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In today's image, we see an image of Earth as taken from the International Space Station. We are seeing twilight on Earth as Earth goes from daylight into darkness.

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In today's image, we see the Seyfert Galaxy known as NGX 5643. Aseyfert galaxy is an unusually active spiral galaxy with excess energy coming from the supermassive black hole at the core of the gala…

In today's image, we see our Moon with a halo around it caused by ice crystals. In addition, there are a number of other features that are caused by ice crystals in the atmosphere.

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In today's image, we see a star forming region which contains the Fox Fur Nebula, the Conte Nebula, and the Christmas Tree Cluster.

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