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Astronomy Picture Of the Day A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day
APOD: 2024 June 11 – Colorful Stars and Clouds near Rho Ophiuchi
Why is the sky near
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240611.html
APOD: 2024 June 9 – How to Identify that Light in the Sky
What is that light in the sky?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240609.html
APOD: 2024 June 7 - Sharpless 308: The Dolphin Head Nebula
Blown by fast winds from a hot, massive star,
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240607.html
APOD: 2024 June 5 – Shadow of a Martian Robot
What if you saw your shadow on Mars and it wasn't human?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240605.html
APOD: 2024 June 3 - NGC 2403 in Camelopardalis
Magnificent island universe
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240603.html
APOD: 2024 June 1 - Stereo Helene
Get out your
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240601.html
APOD: 2024 May 30 – A Lunar Corona over Paris
Why does a cloudy moon sometimes appear colorful?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240530.html
APOD: 2024 May 26 – A Solar Filament Erupts
What's happened to our Sun?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240526.html
APOD: 2024 May 23 - Unraveling NGC 3169
Spiral galaxy NGC 3169 looks to be unraveling like a ball of cosmic
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240523.html
APOD: 2024 May 21 – CG4: The Globule and the Galaxy
Can a gas cloud eat a galaxy?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240521.html
APOD: 2024 May 18 - North Celestial Aurora
North Celestial Aurora
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240518.html
APOD: 2024 May 16 - Aurora Georgia
A familiar sight from Georgia, USA, the
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240516.html
APOD: 2024 May 14 - The 37 Cluster
For the mostly harmless denizens of planet Earth, the
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240514.html
APOD: 2024 May 12 – Red Aurora over Poland
Northern lights don't usually reach this far south.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240512.html
APOD: 2024 June 10 – Sh2 132: The Lion Nebula
Is the Lion Nebula the real ruler of the
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240610.html
APOD: 2024 June 8 - Pandora's Cluster of Galaxies
Pandora's Cluster of Galaxies
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240608.html
APOD: 2024 June 6 - NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge
Magnificent spiral galaxy
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240606.html
APOD: 2024 June 4 – Comet Pons Brooks Develops Opposing Tails
Why does
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240604.html
APOD
No one, presently, sees the Moon rotate like this.
APOD: 2024 May 31 - The Nebulous Realm of WR 134
Made with narrowband filters,
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240531.html
APOD: 2024 May 29 – Stairway to the Milky Way
What happens if you ascend this
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240529.html
APOD: 2024 May 27 - Chamaeleon I Molecular Cloud
Chamaeleon I Molecular Cloud
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240527.html
APOD: 2024 May 25 - Manicouagan Impact Crater from Space
Orbiting 400 kilometers above Quebec, Canada, planet Earth, the
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240525.html
APOD: 2024 May 22 – Green Aurora over Sweden
It was bright and green and stretched across the sky.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240522.html
APOD: 2024 May 20 – Aurora Dome Sky
It seemed like night, but part of the sky glowed purple.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240520.html
APOD: 2024 May 17 - Aurora Banks Peninsula
This
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240517.html
APOD: 2024 May 15 – AR 3664 at the Suns Edge
What did the monster active region that created the recent auroras look like when at the Sun's edge?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240515.html
APOD: 2024 May 13 – AR 3664 on a Setting Sun
It was larger than the Earth.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240513.html
APOD: 2024 May 11 – AR 3664: Giant Sunspot Group
Right now, one of the largest sunspot groups in recent history is crossing the Sun.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240511.html