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Astronomy Picture Of the Day A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day
APOD: 2026 May 9 – Messier Craters in Stereo
Many bright nebulae and star clusters in planet Earth's sky
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260509.html
APOD: 2026 May 6 – The Retrograde Dance of Saturn and Neptune
What does it mean for
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260506.html
APOD: 2026 May 3 – Trifid Pillars and Jets
Dust pillars are like
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260503.html
APOD: 2026 May 1 – Markarian s Chain
Near the heart of the
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260501.html
APOD: 2026 April 28 – CG 30: Cometary Globules
They're like mountain peaks, but they are forming stars.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260428.html
APOD: 2026 April 26 – Mystic Mountain Monster being Destroyed
Inside the head of this interstellar monster is a star that is slowly destroying it.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260426.html
APOD: 2026 April 24 – Young Moon and Sister Stars
Sunlit arms of a
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260424.html
APOD: 2026 April 19 – Eye on the Milky Way
Have you ever had
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260419.html
APOD: 2026 April 17 – M82: Starburst Galaxy with a Superwind
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260417.html
APOD: 2026 April 15 – The ISS Transits the Moon
Nope, that is not an alien spaceship landing on the Moon! This is an image of
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260415.html
APOD: 2026 April 13 – NGC 602 and Beyond
The clouds may look like an oyster, and the stars like pearls, but look beyond.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260413.html
APOD: 2026 April 11 – Artemis II: Flight Day 6
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260411.html
APOD: 2026 April 8 – Earthset
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260408.html
APOD: 2026 April 5 – NGC 3310: A Starburst Spiral Galaxy
The party is still going on in spiral galaxy NGC 3310.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260405.html
APOD: 2026 May 8 – Comet R3 PanSTARRS Before Rigel
Which way is
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260508.html
APOD: 2026 May 5 – Orion over Mount Teide
Orion is rarely seen like this.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260505.html
APOD: 2026 May 2 – Seeing Titan
Shrouded in a thick atmosphere, the surface of
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260502.html
APOD: 2026 April 29 – The Moon, Venus, and the Pleiades
No, Earth did not recently acquire six more moons!
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260429.html
APOD: 2026 April 27 – Comet R3 PanSTARRS Behind Satellite Trails
Can you find the comet?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260427.html
APOD: 2026 April 25 – The Persistence of Sunlight
This seaside
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260425.html
APOD: 2026 April 23 – Large Scale Structure of the Universe
This is a map of the universe.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260423.html
APOD: 2026 April 20 – Comet R3 PanSTARRS over a Himalayan Valley
The best way to see comet R3 PanSTARRS’s long tail is with a camera.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260420.html
APOD: 2026 April 18 – PanSTARRS and Planets
Near the eastern horizon before sunrise, Comet C/2025 R3
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260418.html
APOD: 2026 April 16 – South Celestial Tree
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260416.html
APOD: 2026 April 14 – The Long Wispy Tail of Comet R3 (PanSTARRS)
Why does Comet R3 (PanSTARRS) have a wispy tail?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260414.html
APOD: 2026 April 12 – Comet R3 PanSTARRS Brightens
Comet R3 is brightening rapidly -- will it survive?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260412.html
APOD: 2026 April 10 – Exploring the Antennae
Some 60 million light-years away in the southerly
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260410.html
APOD: 2026 April 7 – IC 4592: The Blue Horsehead Reflection Nebula
Do you see the horse's head?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260407.html
APOD: 2026 April 4 – Hello World
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260404.html