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Astronomy Picture Of the Day A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day
APOD: 2026 February 23 – Pleiades: The Seven Sisters Star Cluster
Have you ever seen the Pleiades star cluster?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260223.html
APOD: 2026 February 21 - Twilight with Moon and Planets
Twilight with Moon and Planets
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260221.html
APOD: 2026 February 19 - IC 2574: Coddington s Nebula
IC 2574: Coddington s Nebula
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260219.html
APOD: 2026 February 17 – Tails of Comet Wierzchoś
Some
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260217.html
APOD: 2026 February 15 – To Fly Free in Space
What would it be like to fly free in space?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260215.html
APOD: 2026 February 13 - NGC 147 and NGC 185
Dwarf galaxies
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260213.html
APOD: 2026 February 11 – A Year of Sunspots
How many
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260211.html
APOD: 2026 February 9 – Miranda Revisited
What is Miranda really like?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260209.html
APOD: 2026 February 7 - Crescent Enceladus
Peering from the shadows, the
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260207.html
APOD: 2026 February 5 - NGC 1275 in the Perseus Cluster
NGC 1275 in the Perseus Cluster
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260205.html
APOD: 2026 February 2 – Orion: The Running Man Nebula
What part of Orion is this?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260202.html
APOD: 2026 January 31 - Artemis I: Flight Day 13
Artemis I: Flight Day 13
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260131.html
APOD: 2026 January 28 – M78: Reflecting Blue in a Sea of Red
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260128.html
APOD: 2026 January 26 – NGC 55: A Galaxy of Nebulas
Can you see nebulas in other galaxies?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260126.html
APOD: 2026 January 24 - Earthset from Orion
Earthset from Orion
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260124.html
APOD: 2026 February 22 – Shadow of a Martian Robot
What if you saw your shadow on Mars and it wasn't
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260222.html
APOD: 2026 February 20 – B93: A Dark Interstellar Ghost
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260220.html
APOD: 2026 February 18 – Orion's Cradle
Cradled in red-glowing hydrogen gas, stars are being born in Orion.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260218.html
APOD: 2026 February 16 – Unexplained Shocks Around a White Dwarf Star
How is RXJ0528+2838 creating such shock waves?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260216.html
APOD: 2026 February 14 - Roses are Red
Roses are red, nebulas are too, and this Valentine's gift is a
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260214.html
APOD: 2026 February 12 - The Bay of Rainbows
Dark, smooth regions that cover the Moon's
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260212.html
APOD: 2026 February 10 – In Green Company: Aurora over Norway
Raise your arms if you see an aurora.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260210.html
APOD: 2026 February 8 – Active Sunspot Region 4366 Crosses the Sun
An unusually active sunspot region is now crossing the Sun.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260208.html
APOD: 2026 February 6 - Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A
Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260206.html
APOD: 2026 February 3 – Red Spider Planetary Nebula from Webb
Oh what a
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260203.html
APOD: 2026 February 1 – Galle: Happy Face Crater on Mars
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260201.html
APOD: 2026 January 29 - NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans
NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260129.html
APOD: 2026 January 27 – Orions Treasures over Snowy Mountains
Rising over a frozen valley in the
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260127.html
APOD: 2026 January 25 – Phobos: Doomed Moon of Mars
This moon is doomed.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260125.html
APOD: 2026 January 23 - Planetary Nebula Abell 7
Very faint planetary nebula Abell 7 is about 1,800 light-years distant.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260123.html