NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

In today's image, we see one of Saturn's moons, Enceladus. This moon as relatively fresh and recently formed features known as tiger stripes showing that the moon has been recently active.

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In today's image, we see the shadow cast by Earth setting opposite to the rising Sun which would be behind the observer here. The full moon, visible here, would be considered a supermoon, which occur…

In today's image, we see the remnant of a star that would have been observed to explode on Earth around 10,000 years ago. The material from the star has been expanding out into space and gives the st…

In today's image, we see cometary globule in the constellation of Scorpius. In this region, we see dark nebula, reflection nebulae, and emission nebulae.

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In today's image, we see a map of the entire sky as imaged in Gamma rays by the Fermi Space Telescope. The red line across the middle is our own Milky Way and the dots scattered around the image are …

In today's image, we see the supermoon rising out in the distance beyond the Temple of Poseidon. This is also a blue moon which is the third of four full moons in a season.

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In today's image, we see the star forming region known as the Cocoon Nebula. In the central region here, new stars are in the process of formation. Their energy then clears away the remaining dust an…

In today's image, we see a timelapse video showing the eruption of a solar prominence on the surface of the Sun back in 2011.

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In today's image, we see images of star trails caused by the Earth's rotation on its axis. In addition, we see the launch of a rocket and the trail left behind as it heads into space.

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In today's image, we see an image showing the Big Dipper as well as one of the Perseid meteors from a few days ago. In addition, we see the aurora which brightened the sky because of a recent solar s…

In today's image, we see the sky over Sweden which shows one of the Perseid meteors as well as the Pleiades star cluster and the aurora from a recent solar storm.

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In today's image, we see several Perseid meteors from the show this past weekend as well as the aurora from a recent outburst on the surface of the Sun.

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In today's image, we see an example of Giant Jet lightning as imaged from the International Space Station last month. This is a recently discovered form of lightning, much higher in the atmosphere th…

In today's image, we see a number of Perseid meteors as well as our Milky Way Galaxy in the sky over Stonehenge.

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In today's image, we see an animation showing the orbit of comet Swift-Tuttle which is the comet responsible for the Perseid Meteor shower that occurs every year in mid-August. Here we can see how th…

In today's image, we see the Trifid Nebula, also known as M20. In this nebula, we see three different types of nebula: Emission nebulae, Reflection nebulae, and Dark nebulae.

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In today's image, we see a meteor in the sky below the International Space station in this image taken back in 2011. The next Perseid meteor shower will be this coming weekend and will be best viewed…

In today's image, we see the comet known as Swift-Tuttle. It is a periodic comet which means it returns to the inner solar system at regular intervals. In this case, every 133 years. It is also the c…

In today's image, we see our Milky Way galaxy in the sky behind three ancient rock structures. The structures were formed hundreds of millions of years ago as rock eroded, leaving the denser rock beh…

In today's image, we see a storm cloud as seen over Texas in 2021. The structure of the cloud is caused by Earth's atmosphere and the different temperatures and storm fronts morning through it. The c…